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
Exhibition title: Cycle, Portal, Path
Venue: NEST, The Hague, The Netherlands
Date: October 13, 2023 – January 7, 2024
Photography: ©Lotte van Uittert / all images courtesy of the artists, NEST, Rotterdam and Collectie Bruin-Heijn
This fall, Nest presents 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.
For this exhibition, curator Eva Burgering wrote the essay ‘Traces of the invisible’, which can be read here.
Collaboration Kunstmuseum x KM21
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 will be on view simultaneously. A diverse context program has been developed for the three exhibitions. Keep an eye on our website for updates.
Emma Talbot, Datura (from 21st Century Herbal), 2022
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
Jochem Mestriner, Miasma, 2023
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
Jennifer Tee, Primordial Chaos ~ Self Hood Meltdown, 2014
Katja Novitskova, Earthware (PDB approximation, emd 4455), 2023; Katja Novitskova, Earthware (PDB approximation, emd 21617), 2023; Katja Novitskova, Earthware (PDB approximation, emd 6002), 2023
Ulla Wiggen, The Face of Mind, 2016
Ulla Wiggen, Sändare, 1968
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
Jennifer Tee, Primordial Chaos ~ Self Hood Meltdown, 2014
Loie Hollowell, Eight Saints, 2021, collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Loie Hollowell, Eight Saints, 2021, collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Loie Hollowell, Eight Saints, 2021, collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
Jennifer Tee, Inner Parallel, 2014
Jennifer Tee, Tao Magic no. 3, 2014
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
Buhlebezwe Siwani, AmaHubo, 2018
Buhlebezwe Siwani, AmaHubo, 2018
Buhlebezwe Siwani, AmaHubo, 2018
Kyara van Meel, 2020
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
Molly Palmer, The Plastic Ratio, 2019
Molly Palmer, The Plastic Ratio, 2019
Molly Palmer, Third Circuit, 2008-2020
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
Johanna Unzueta, October Zwischendeich, November, December Santiago 2021, 2021
Johanna Unzueta, May 2016 NY, 2016; Johanna Unzueta, October Zwischendeich, November, December Santiago 2021, 2021
Johanna Unzueta, December 2014, January, February, March 2015, NY, 2014
Jochem Mestriner, Forest floor with Unidentified specimens, snails and the formation of a pearl, 2022
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
Cycle, Portal, Path, 2023, exhibition view, NEST, The Hague
