How can an artist discover abstraction by the beginning of the 20th century and nobody is noticing? A woman, misjudged and concealed, rocks the art world with her mind-blowing oeuvre. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer creating her first abstract painting in 1906, four years before Vassily Kandinsky. But why was she ignored? Why are her paintings not available on the market? This first film on her is about her life and work, the role of women in art history and the discovery of an art scandal. Her quest for meaning in life and a boundless thinking led into a timeless, outstanding oeuvre.
Habituellement peu enclin aux médias, Gerhard Richter a ouvert son studio à Corinna Belz pendant
plus de six mois, alors qu’il travaillait à la réalisation d’une série de grandes peintures abstraites.
Interrogeant le processus de création de l’artiste allemand, la réalisatrice nous permet d’approcher au
plus près le travail d’un des plus grands peintres contemporains, qui défie la photographie à travers ses
peintures.