Lily Van Der Stokker
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This whimsical contemporary artwork features bold, vibrant colors and playful shapes. The composition centers around the text "Bob Nickas" and "Peter Halley" written in a handwritten style, surrounded by a pattern of yellow circles resembling bubbles or polka dots. The use of contrasting hues, such as the bright yellow and red, creates a lively and energetic visual effect. The overall style and techniques employed suggest a lighthearted and playful approach, perhaps reflecting the artist's intention to engage the viewer in a lighthearted and imaginative exploration of the names and symbols depicted. ...
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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.” ...