Overview
Hors-Cadre Gallery is thrilled to announce that Lucile Boiron was invited by the curator Nanda Janssen to be a part of the next exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. A selection of different artworks from the artist will be presented in this exhibition.
From 23 November 2024 to 4 May 2025, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will be showcasing I Hit You With a Flower – sugar-coated art with a punch, an eye-catchingly sweet exhibition that celebrates diversity in society. It is also a tribute to ‘girly art’, a term that has often been used as a derogatory label but is now being reclaimed as a badge of honour. On show are works by pioneers such as Lily van der Stokker, Kinke Kooi and Pipilotti Rist as well as younger artists such as Vera Gulikers, Frances Goodman, Dae Uk Kim, Jurjen Galema, Mari Katayama and Alex Naber & ChelseaBoy. More than twenty Dutch and international artists will dazzle visitors with everything from pinks and pastels to vibrant colours, gold, glitter, flowers and other motifs. Their frivolous works of art are as enticing as they are intelligent. Through a delightful and alluring approach, these artists engage you with their velvet activism and the open society they stand for. Getting involved has never been so much fun.
I Hit You With a Flower
The exhibition is inspired by the resurgence of ‘girly art’– meisjeskunst in Dutch; a term coined in the 1980s to describe work by artists, particularly female artists, who diverged from the dominant visual language. This label was soon applied to artists like Lily van der Stokker and Kinke Kooi, leading to their work being undervalued for many years. Despite this, they remained true to their artistic vision, consistently exploring the use of pink, pastels, soft shapes and materials and themes traditionally seen as feminine. Pipilotti Rist’s video installation, Ever is Over All, perfectly encapsulates the essence of I Hit You With a Flower. Set to dreamy music, it features a young woman in a sky-blue dress strolling down the street. Suddenly, she lashes out and smashes a car window with … a flower. This striking scene embodies the powerful and beautiful nature of feminism. Interestingly, ‘girly art’ is no longer the sole preserve of women.
Curated by Nanda Janssen
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