Central Asia

Creative rationale

Above the rugged highlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where ancient trade routes cross the Hindu Kush, the atmosphere reveals a stark beauty of extreme cold and dryness. The remarkably low pressure creates expansive sacred geometries that fill the canvas, while the bitter -40°C temperature calls forth Hilma af Klint's most ethereal pastels, soft roses, powder blues, and silvery whites that speak to the crystalline air of high altitude. The minimal humidity transforms what could be flowing botanical forms into precise, geometric mandalas, while the gentle northeast wind sets delicate spirals in motion across this mystical landscape of peaks and valleys.