Lily Van der Stokker: How I Went to New York

Lily van der Stokker's illustrated autobiography of her life in New York in the 1980s, when she opened a gallery in the East Village. "The story I am going to tell is a story that Jack had said several times we should make a film of. In those days I was never interested in writing down everything, but here it is: With a girlfriend I decided to travel to New York. It was meant to not be a short holiday. We thought it was the coolest place to go to. If we could survive in New York, that would be the ultimate challenge. I told more than Jack intended me to tell, but I did it the way he said it: 'Write it down, the Six Street Gallery story and all the things that happened with you, because it sounds like a movie.'" Dutch-born van der Stokker (1954, Hertogenbosch), active artist-gallery owner on the East Side of New York in the 80's, now lives between Amsterdam and New York. She developed pictorial murals with happy candy-coated slogans that incited acid sarcasm from her contemporaries.

Les Presses Du Reel, 2022
Hardcover, 184pp
210 x 160 mm

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