Artist and writer Janice McNab, whose paintings explore the psychological landscapes of overconsumption, traces the influence of the imaginary ‘kurbits’ flower in ‘The Ten Largest’ (1907), a breakthrough work of early modernism by Swedish painter Hilma af Klint. The stitched flowers repeated in her works emerged from the Swedish countryside and premodern ideas of connection with the land, transformed through suffragettes, farmers, and militants into symbols of mystical spiritualism. Moving between then and now, McNab responds to af Klint through a series of paintings and an exploration of how past ecological visions have been lost in our rush towards progress.
- 104 pages, 20 x 25 cm
- ISBN: 9789493329218
- Paperback, English
