Hilma Af Klint Alterpieces nr 3 Hiroaki Takahashi and warm ochre against a

and warm ochre against a neutral ground

not improvisation

otherworldly motion

The bird is rendered in fine detail against a clean ground

It's a reminder that natural history illustration

Hilma Af Klint Alterpieces nr 3 Hiroaki Takahashi and warm ochre against aAltarpieces Nr 3 continues af Klint's series of large scale symbolic paintings with a composition that shifts the emotional register toward something quieter and more contemplative. The dual spiral motif returns but is handled differently here forms are less confrontational, the color palette cooler, the sense of movement more inward. Af Klint structures the canvas around a central axis with the precision of someone working out a cosmological diagram