Lily de Bont
Grid, 2023
Acrylics on linen
117 x 108cm
Lily de Bont
The paintings of Lily de Bont (Ulvenhout, 1958) are both a destruction of and a reconstructed
alternative to the archetypal painting. De Bont takes a radical approach to the painter’s linen by
meticulously cutting away the structure of large sections until there is no canvas left there, but it
consists only of loose threads. “The painting is minimized, as it were. You might expect that this
would also make the painting look minimalist, but the opposite happens. Instead, a more complex and interesting composition emerges, in which gravity also plays a role,” says de Bont.
Lily de Bont (NL) lives and works in Rotterdam. She graduated with honors from the Sint Joost
Academy in Den Bosch in 1989. She received the “Lucas Prijs” and the “Jan Hoet prijs” and was nominated by Jan Hoet for Documenta IX.
Lily de Bont
Half half, 2022
Acrylics on linen, aluminium, cement tile
152x68cm
Lily de Bont
Outline gray, 2020
Acrylics on linen
100x15x80cm
Lily de Bont
Sunny side up, 2018
Acrylics on linen, aluminium
152x8x304cm
Lily de Bont
Decrease of a square, 2020
Acrylics on linen
200x100cm
Lily de Bont
Red yellow blue – 2019
Acrylics on linen
Variabel size
350 x 180cm
Lily de Bont
Open up, spatial painting, 2022
Acrylics on linen, aluminium
315x200cm
Lily de Bont
Rotating black square, 2023
Acrylics on linen and aluminum
70 x 57cm
Lily de Bont
Couple, 2017
Wood
152x79x152cm