Jordan Casteel's Winter Sun Opens at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Marais, Inspired by Hilma af Klint
Jordan Casteel's exhibition, titled Winter Sun, has opened at Thaddaeus Ropac's gallery in the Marais district of Paris and will be available until 23 December. Casteel, celebrated for her large-scale portraits, found inspiration in Hilma af Klint's Nature Studies portfolio (1919–20) during her creative process. She emphasizes the significance of Convolvulus arvensis and Monotropa hypopitys, admiring af Klint's unique combination of botanical studies and mystical diagrams. Casteel draws parallels between this approach and her own technique of intertwining images with memories. Additionally, she reflects on her journey of motherhood, following the birth of her son in April 2023, linking it to af Klint's annotated works and the necessity of observing surroundings to understand the human experience. This interview is featured in AnOther Magazine's Autumn/Winter 2026 edition.
Key facts
- Winter Sun, Jordan Casteel's exhibition, opened at Thaddaeus Ropac's Marais gallery in Paris and remains on view until 23 December
- Casteel is based in New York and is known for large-scale portraits of her community, as well as still lifes and landscapes
- She drew on Hilma af Klint's Nature Studies portfolio (1919–20), botanical drawings accompanied by esoteric diagrams and a related notebook
- The af Klint watercolour she cites, Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed), Monotropa hypopitys (Pinesap), dates from 1919
- Casteel found the image in the book Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers, kept open in her studio
- Her son was born in April of this year, a shift she links to her reading of af Klint's observational notes
- The interview appears in AnOther Magazine's Autumn/Winter 2026 issue, marking 25 years of the publication
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- Thaddaeus Ropac
- AnOther Magazine
Locations
- Paris
- France
- New York
- United States
- Sweden
- Marais