Hilma
The visionary artist Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) spent much of her life observing and taking notes. Obsessively. She recorded the Latin name of every plant she encountered in the field, the date she had seen it, alongside a small diagram: a circle, a cross, a spiral, all in an attempt to decipher its true essence.
The visionary artist Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) spent much of her life observing and taking notes. Obsessively. She recorded the Latin name of every plant she encountered in the field, the date she had seen it, alongside a small diagram: a circle, a cross, a spiral, all in an attempt to decipher its true essence.
This way of working has guided us throughout. We did not want to simply reproduce her paintings or turn them into prints, but rather to follow her method, selecting a particular gesture, often an insignificant one, and giving it a new life. Sometimes it is a detail lost within a painting, like a flower hidden in the corner of a gigantic canvas. At other times, it is an entry in her private notebook. Or a symbol she returns to again and again, until she finds its precise form.
Two principles underpin the new collection. Color as a language, in which each hue carries a specific correspondence: blue as feminine and yellow as masculine, green as unity and gold as light. And duality. Because her work is shaped by pairs: spirit and matter, masculine and feminine, visible and invisible. Not as a confrontation or a struggle, but as halves that complement one another in search of union. We have applied this idea to several earrings, with pieces that divide into two and can be worn whole or as a single half, depending on the day, the hour, or the mood.
Our most complex, personal, and exciting collection to date.
The Hilma Universe has arrived.
