Lily Van Der Stokker
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This whimsical artwork features a vibrant composition of bold shapes and colors. The central element is a cheerful cartoon-like building, surrounded by an array of stylized flowers and foliage in shades of yellow, green, and orange. The playful design and hand-drawn aesthetic create a sense of childlike wonder and imagination. The text "and then there are cookies" adds a lighthearted, humorous touch, hinting at the artist's playful intention behind the piece. The overall style and subject matter suggest a contemporary, illustrative approach that celebrates the joy and delight found in the everyday. ...
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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.” ...