The crude linearity here borrows from the wilful naivety of Jean Dubuffet's Art Brut portraits, wherein technical reduction becomes a philosophical stance rather than a limitation. Stokes constructs a named subject - 'Dan Berg' - through looping golden scribble and blunt ovoid form, then buries the figure beneath horizontal bands of pink and pale blue that assert themselves as aggressively present colour-field incident. The stripes do not describe clothing so much as overwhelm identity itself.
The crude linearity here borrows from the wilful naivety of Jean Dubuffet's Art Brut portraits, wherein technical reduction becomes a philosophical stance rather than a limitation. Stokes constructs a named subject - 'Dan Berg' - through looping golden scribble and blunt ovoid form, then buries the figure beneath horizontal bands of pink and pale blue that assert themselves as aggressively present colour-field incident. The stripes do not describe clothing so much as overwhelm identity itself.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery