Joost Stokhof
Read My Lips and Kiss My Books
Window Exhibition at Nieves in Zurich
Ankerstrasse 27, 8004 Zurich
On View August 2025
Wooden Sculptures, each $250 Nieves Shop
Screenprint on 9 mm thick birch multiplex, each on ash wood pedestal
Height of sculptures between 18 and 26 cm, all pedestals 17,5 x 6 and 5 cm
Each in an edition of 3, signed and numbered by the artist
Joost Stokhof transforms daily observations into a tangible experience with a collection of handmade wooden sculptures. Inspired by the felt-tip marker drawings in his visual journal, these sculpted snapshots offer glimpses into specific scenes accompanied by fragments of poetry, as if you are able to hear just one or two lines of a song that was playing at that very moment. Each sculpture appears to connect to a distinct memory, yet there's an absence of concrete context. Coupled with the small poems on the pedestals, this stirs a wistful longing for that particular summer, a past love, or an unfulfilled resolution.
The bold colors of the screen-printed lines are a direct reference to the original drawings, all created with Stokhof’s go-to material: felt-tip markers made for kids. It’s this contrast between the nostalgic message and its loose and bold linework that makes these sculptures more than they appear to be at first sight.
Read My Lips and Kiss My Books
Window Exhibition at Nieves in Zurich
Ankerstrasse 27, 8004 Zurich
On View August 2025
Wooden Sculptures, each $250 Nieves Shop
Screenprint on 9 mm thick birch multiplex, each on ash wood pedestal
Height of sculptures between 18 and 26 cm, all pedestals 17,5 x 6 and 5 cm
Each in an edition of 3, signed and numbered by the artist
Joost Stokhof transforms daily observations into a tangible experience with a collection of handmade wooden sculptures. Inspired by the felt-tip marker drawings in his visual journal, these sculpted snapshots offer glimpses into specific scenes accompanied by fragments of poetry, as if you are able to hear just one or two lines of a song that was playing at that very moment. Each sculpture appears to connect to a distinct memory, yet there's an absence of concrete context. Coupled with the small poems on the pedestals, this stirs a wistful longing for that particular summer, a past love, or an unfulfilled resolution.
The bold colors of the screen-printed lines are a direct reference to the original drawings, all created with Stokhof’s go-to material: felt-tip markers made for kids. It’s this contrast between the nostalgic message and its loose and bold linework that makes these sculptures more than they appear to be at first sight.