Zoë Stiler's solo show 'The River, The Cyclone, and Other Stories' is haunting and enchanting “Nature’s Patterns,” Zoë Stiler, 2022, acrylic, ink, pencil, crayon and willow charcoal on masonite panel. ABOVE: “The Coyotes,” Zoë Stiler, 2019, acrylic, ink, pencil, crayon and willow charcoal on masonite panel. "Cyclone,"Zoë Stiler, 2014-2024, found metal and fencing wire, bailing wire, paper, pressed flowers, paint, acrylic medium and lamp components. “The River, The Cyclone, and Other Stories” by Zoë Stiler at The Valley, Taos, installation view. "Spirit Ship,"Zoë Stiler, 2019, micaceous clay, found metal base, thread, pressed weeds and grasses, paper, acrylic medium and lamp components. Published February 28, 2025 - 1:00 p.m. Modified February 28, 2025 - 1:00 p.m. As featured on - Zoë Stiler's solo show 'The River, The Cyclone, and Other Stories' is haunting and enchanting It’s hard to make good narrative paintings of spirit-haunted, Jungian landscapes, and very easy to make bad ones. What separates a psychologically meaningful archetype from a pretentious cliche? When does a luminous landscape devolve from the deeply felt presence of a J.M.W. Turner or a Jake Berthot into the cringeworthy kitsch of a Thomas Kinkade? Why do Odilon Redon's magical landscapes still frighten and enchant us, while other artists' dreamscapes bore us to tears? I don’t know. But Zoë Stiler makes great paintings, and "The River, The Cyclone, and Other Stories," for all its fabulist myth-making, is as real as it gets. collection_47420238-f3c5-11ef-8180-e3a6412cf6bb.html
As featured on - Zoë Stiler's solo show 'The River, The Cyclone, and Other Stories' is haunting and enchanting It’s hard to make good narrative paintings of spirit-haunted, Jungian landscapes, and very easy to make bad ones. What separates a psychologically meaningful archetype from a pretentious cliche? When does a luminous landscape devolve from the deeply felt presence of a J.M.W. Turner or a Jake Berthot into the cringeworthy kitsch of a Thomas Kinkade? Why do Odilon Redon's magical landscapes still frighten and enchant us, while other artists' dreamscapes bore us to tears? I don’t know. But Zoë Stiler makes great paintings, and "The River, The Cyclone, and Other Stories," for all its fabulist myth-making, is as real as it gets.
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