Lily Van Der Stokker
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This whimsical artwork features a bright and playful composition of yellow flowers against a light blue background. The work employs a childlike, naive style, with the flowers appearing to be hand-drawn in a simple, stylized manner. The message "We are all going to grow" is written in the center, suggesting a theme of optimism and personal growth. The overall visual impact is one of cheerfulness and a carefree, positive outlook. This piece likely reflects the artist's intention to capture a youthful, hopeful perspective on life. ...
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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.” ...