Claire Salvo’s Hilma af Klint reinterprets the U.S. dollar through the visionary lens of one of abstraction’s earliest and most spiritual pioneers. Painted in acrylic on an actual dollar bill, Salvo channels the ethereal geometry and luminous palette characteristic of Hilma af Klint’s work - delicate spirals, biomorphic forms, and cosmic symmetry unfolding across a surface typically reserved for commerce and control.

In merging af Klint’s transcendental visual language with a symbol of material value, Salvo creates a poetic tension between the spiritual and the monetary, the infinite and the finite. The piece honors af Klint’s quiet revolutionary spirit - her intuitive exploration of energy, consciousness, and the unseen - while reframing the conversation around worth and recognition in art history.

Radiant, contemplative, and subtly subversive, Hilma af Klint exemplifies Salvo’s ability to elevate everyday objects into vessels of meaning, transforming currency into a conduit for artistic homage and metaphysical reflection.