Dannielle Tegeder | Hilma’s Ghost | Sharmistha Ray
Automatic Theorem Painting #4
Lot closes
June 7, 03:22:00 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 USD
Current Bid
11,000 USD
2 Bids
Reserve met
Lot Details
Description
Hilma's Ghost
Automatic Theorem Painting #4
Executed in 2022.
Oil stain on cotton velveteen mounted on wood panels
60 x 48 x 2 in. (152.4 × 121.9 × 5.1 cm)
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Artwork courtesy of Secrist | Beach and the artists
Hilma’s Ghost is a collective founded in 2020 by Sharmistha Ray (b. 1978, Kolkata, India; lives in Brooklyn, NY) and Dannielle Tegeder (b. 1971, Peekskill, NY; lives in Brooklyn, NY). Employing pedagogical and research models, they collaboratively explore feminism, spirituality, and mysticism in large-scale geometric abstractions that draw references from painter Hilma af Klint. Embracing spiritual modes of making, the artists determined this work’s composition and color choices through a combination of automatism, sigil-making, and tarot cards, ceding creative control to an unknown entity. Their work has been included in exhibitions at Museu de Arte de São Paulo; Hill Stead Museum, Farmington, CT; Parallax Art Center, Portland; and the Shepherd, Detroit.