A CONVERSATION WITH HILMA 

The journey begins here as a relationship between two. A Conversation with Hilma takes the form of a diptych: two pictorial fields facing one another and, at the same time, linked by a system of ellipses that crosses the physical gap between the canvases. The unity of the work is built precisely from this fracture.

Each panel develops its own chromatic atmosphere. Reds, blacks, and oranges concentrate in one field; greens, blues, and violets dominate the other. Color has a symbolic dimension and establishes two distinct states, but the elliptical lines prevent them from remaining isolated. They cross from one canvas to the other, change, return, and create continuity where a physical separation exists.

Along this path, spiritual entities from different imaginaries appear. Bodies, creatures, and signs emerge from the pictorial matter as different attempts to give presence to what does not belong entirely to the visible world. They do not form an orderly narrative: they appear, overlap, and accompany the movement of the ellipses.

At the meeting point between the two canvases, the white circle takes on a radical presence. In contrast to the density of figures and color that fills the rest of the work, the image is suspended here. The lines reach it and continue on their way. The journey passes through a place the painting leaves unrepresented.

The conversation with Hilma af Klint is embedded in the very construction of the painting. Geometry, color, and symbol serve as tools for considering relationships that extend beyond visible appearances. The ellipse, in addition to organizing the composition, introduces the idea of a journey with no unequivocal beginning or end: moving forward can also mean returning, crossing from one state to another, and encountering the same form again from a different place.

The diptych thus turns duality into a pictorial experience. Two surfaces, two chromatic fields, a multiplicity of entities, and a single movement passing through them. The separation remains visible, but ceases to signify rupture.

The journey unfolds precisely between the two.