Cycle, Portal, Path
13 October 2023 – 7 January 2024, Nest
Artists
Loie Hollowell
Kyara van Meel
Jochem Mestriner
Katja Novitskova
Remco Osório Lobato
Molly Palmer
Buhlebezwe Siwani
Emma Talbot
Jennifer Tee
Johanna Unzueta
Ulla Wiggen
Nest presented Cycle, Portal, Path: an exhibition that examines how the traces left by the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) affect contemporary art 100 years later. Af Klint lived in a time full of developments and scientific turmoil. Scientists studied nature and dealt with phenomena such as atomic fission and X-rays; discoveries that shaped the world and made the invisible visible.
Cycle, Portal, Path shows that Af Klint’s exploration of the relationship between science, nature and spiritual life is as urgent now as it was in her time. The artists in the exhibition relate directly or indirectly to Af Klint and her views and supplement them with contemporary or futuristic ideas. Through meditative drawings and video installations, abstract paintings and AI-generated images, the artists reflect on new technologies, spiritual movements, ecology and the connection between then, now and future generations.
Cycle, Portal, Path was created in conversation with Kunstmuseum Den Haag and KM21, where the exhibitions Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondriaan: Forms of Life and Tai Shani – Our Hieromantic Objects of Love were on view simultaneously.
Katja Novitskova, Ulla Wiggen & Jennifer Tee. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Loie Hollowell. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Emma Talbot. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Buhlebezwe Siwani. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Jennifer Tee & Remco Osório Lobato. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Jochem Mestriner. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Johanna Unzueta. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Molly Palmer. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Johanna Unzueta & Kyara van Meel. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Jennifer Tee. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Katja Novitskova. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.
Ulla Wiggen. © Nest and Lotte van Uittert.