Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life exhibition at Tate Modern

BGUK_2617228 - A major new exhibition on Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian at Tate Modern. Putting their work in close dialogue for the first time, the exhibition will explore the artists’ shared deep connection to the natural world and reveal how their art reflected radical new ideas, theories and scientific discoveries. Featuring around 250 works, including paintings, drawings and archival materials, this will be the largest presentation of Hilma af Klint’s work in the UK to date and the first major UK exhibition in over 25 years to highlight Piet Mondrian’s early work alongside his iconic grid compositions. All ten of Hilma af Klint’s striking large-scale paintings from the series The Ten Largest 1907, are presented together in the UK for the first time. All ten paintings will be hung together in one gallery, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in this remarkable series of works. A selection of Mondrian’s signature grid compositions and some of his early abstract experiments. Highlights from af Klint’s secret body of mystical paintings which she insisted should not be seen for a least 20 years after her death, including the Evolution series from 1908 and The Swan series from 1914-15. Examples of Mondrian’s lesser-known figurative works, including landscapes and colourful studies of flowers and trees. Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life is at Tate Modern from 20 April to 3 September 2023. Paintings photographed: Piet Mondrian 'Composition in Oval with Colour Areas II' ( 1914 ) 'Evolution' (1911) 'Lozenge Composition with Eight Lines and Red (Picture No III )' ( 1938 ) Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red' ( 1937-42) Composition with Red, Black, Yellow, Blue and Grey' ( 1921 ) 'Composition in Oval with Colour Areas II' (1914) 'Composition Trees 1' and 'Trees 2' and 'Forest (Study for The Trees)' (1912-13) 'Golden-Banded Lily ( 1909-10)