A FEMINISTS GUIDE TO BOTANY: HILMA AF KLINT & THEOSOPHY
Join London Drawing Group as we step inside the magical world of BOTANY for our class dedicated to the intersection between FEMINISM, BOTANY, and this time… SPIRITUALITY AND ABSTRACTION!
You asked, we deliver!
Back by popular demand, Luisa-Maria MacCormack will bring back this popular workshop from 2022.
CLASS DESCRIPTION
This class is dedicated to the life and work of one of the most visionary female artists you’ve never heard of – Hilma Af Klint was a swedish victorian woman, who, obsessed with the natural world around her, envisioned a kind of art no one had ever dreamed of before.
Now lauded with ‘inventing’ abstraction at least five years before Kandinsky (the man previously accredited with this concept), Hilma AF Klint is FINALLY starting to be recognised for the unique and incredible talent she was, over 70 years after her death.
As well as being a visionary artist, she was also a unique character in terms of her beliefs, inspired by Theosophy and cutting edge scientific discoveries of the time, Her paintings became a unique visual representation of her complex spiritual ideas.
This class will explore Hilma’s Life, Works AND her links to Spirituality in a 30 minute lecture before the practical element of the class kicks off.
Students will then be guided through the creation of their own abstract works in the manner of Hilma’s beautiful paintings. We will work from both imagery on the screen, but also from your own houseplants, inviting you to consider the beauty and interconnectedness of life as she saw it, creating our own works in watercolour or gouache in a state of mindful creativity.
This will truly be a totally unique class and we are very excited to get drawing with you all!
YOU WILL NEED
we’ve been quite liberal about what materials you’ll need this evening, you’ll really just need something to cover large areas with colour (think paint/pastel), AND something colourful to draw with over the top. (pencils, pens, pastels),
We’d suggest having some watercolour/gouache/acrylic to paint with and some coloured pencils of some kind NOT oil for this one we suggest)
You could also use pastels or you could use collage to create the colourful aspects of the paintings.
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This class is part of London Drawing Group’s Feminist Lecture Program, https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/feminist-lecture-programme-171369 a rotating weekly lecture program dedicated to discussing all things Feminist. New topics each week! Scroll down for FAQ’s, Login Details and a full list of upcoming sessions
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JANUARY TERM FEMINIST LECTURE PROGRAM LINEUP!
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9 January: A FEMALE HISTORY OF MADNESS
16 January: FOLKLORE, FEMINISM AND FORESTS IN EASTERN EUROPE
23 January: DRAW ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS: A HISTORY OF THE ARTISTS MODEL
30 January: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON: FEMINISM, PHOTOGRAPHY & PRE RAPHAELITISM
6 February: WOMEN’S WORK: INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND PATRIARCHY
13 February: EMPOWERING AUTISTIC WOMEN AND GIRLS
20 February: CYBERFEMINISM & THE WOMEN OF WEB BASED ART
27 February: WALKING, RUNNING & FEMINIST ART PRACTICE
Coming online soon!
6 March: BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS & THE HISTORY OF ABSTRACT ART
13 March: BLACK BRITISH WOMANHOOD & RECLAIMING THE LANDSCAPE: (BLACK NATURE WRITING AND ART)
20 March: NATURE, CULTURE & WOMANHOOD: // GENDERING MOTHER NATURE? GENDERED ENVIRONMENTALITIES, // ECOFEMINISM AND CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
27 March: READING WITH ANAIS NIN: BAD SEX & DIRTY BOOKS
3 April: A SHORT GUIDE TO FEMINIST PORN: THE POLITICS OF PRODUCING PLEASURE
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RECORDING
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We’re really looking forward to you joining us.
Love,
LDG