Lily Van Der Stokker
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The artwork features a simple line drawing of a sofa or couch in the foreground, while the background is dominated by colorful text and floral imagery. The colors used are bright and playful, with the text "I am going to sleep now" written in a whimsical, childlike style. The floral elements, including stylized flowers, add a sense of joy and liveliness to the composition. The overall style and technique suggest a casual, informal approach, perhaps created by a young artist or someone exploring their creative expression. The piece likely reflects a personal or autobiographical sentiment, with the artist expressing a desire to rest or take a break. ...
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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.” ...