Esther Stocker 1974 -

“Perspectives of Longings” , Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022 photo by Keizo KIOKU

Her works are composed of mainly abstract and geometrical perspectives, with closely related paintings and installations. The installations are special version of her monochrome paintings of limited colors, in search for sculptural painting or painterly space in other words.

Installation view of the wall works by Stocker photo by KEIZO KIOKU　

On her linear works as well as on the sculptural works, the artist once stated:
I can imagine the world being completely based on the line. Lines create structure, a skeleton that can be considered as the “everything” in which each one of us lives. All our movements, as with architecture, are based on lines and trajectories. The only thing that moves in my installations is the observer, with his or her perception, his or her thoughts and his or her body in the space.
I consider it a form of beauty that static objects are able to create emotional movement within us.

I am looking for undefined, vacant, “open” and free points. My technique is to pursue detachment from order: my systems are never perfect, they are instead expansive. They are based on a logic that expands and is never resolved.
Interview by Alberto Fiore　from https://www.estherstocker.net/