Lily Van Der Stokker
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This large-scale installation features a series of flowing, undulating lines in shades of blue, creating a dreamlike, atmospheric landscape on the gallery walls. The curving, organic shapes evoke a sense of movement and fluidity, as if visualizing the ebb and flow of energy or natural phenomena. The simple yet striking lines, executed in a minimalist style, invite the viewer to engage with the work's meditative and contemplative qualities. The artist's intention appears to be the exploration of themes related to the ephemeral nature of existence and the dynamism inherent in the natural world. ...
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Lily Van Der Stokker
B.1954, Dutchborn in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, in 1954. She lives and works between Amsterdam and New York. In their immediate delivery, van der Stokker’s works beckon happy-go-lucky intonations in their fanciful, ‘feminine’, curlicued and flower- powered familiarity. Their formal bubbled, blobby, and loopy approachable techniques may recall the doodlings more traditionally relegated to the notebook margins of a teenage girl, while the textual inclusions create dichotomies that illuminate more cutting messages and comment upon more condemning realities. lily van der Stokker presents us with works that require the viewer to consider the implications of ‘Kissy, Kissy’ but also of ‘no improvement / no progress’. As Roberta Smith noted in 1990, “The messages conveyed in this terminally cheerful manner usually have a double edge.” ...