Released Measurements by Lily de Bont

Opening
Saturday november 14, 2026
3 – 5 pm

This exhibition runs through 24 December 2026

Gallery address
NL=US Gallery
Mauritsweg 55B, 3012 JX Rotterdam

Artist statement

De Bont connects her work to the spirit and essence of the French Supports/Surfaces movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. She liberates the surface by cutting into the hidden structure of the canvas. In doing so, she continues the exploration of the separation and autonomy of support and surface.

With millimetre precision, De Bont divides the basic geometry into areas to be painted and areas to be cut away. By systematically removing individual threads from the canvas grid, the anticipated form changes, partly through the influence of gravity, disrupting the original geometric order.

De Bont reclaims the support, however altered, in its original function as a platform. Returning to the original order is no longer possible. The resulting works are unconventional hybrids that can continually rearrange themselves and open up new possibilities.

“Through successive steps of ‘no’, I gradually work towards the dynamic step of ‘yes’. Without holding on, there can be no letting go,” says De Bont.