Anuli Croon

Rotterdam-based artist Anuli Croon is known, among other things, for her large murals in public buildings, including De Doelen in Rotterdam, the UMCG in Groningen, and Rijnstate in Arnhem. Her works on canvas and drawings are likewise immediately recognizable by their crisp forms, bold colors, and profusion of patterns. In this solo exhibition, Moving Gallery presents an overview of her recent work.

Croon's work is clear and graphic, yet defies comprehension at first glance. Figures and objects are discernible, but reduced to planes and contours. Patterns continue, are interrupted, or collide with one another. Everything appears meticulously ordered, while simultaneously harboring something strange and unexpected within her imagery.

Order plays a vital role in Croon’s oeuvre. Her working method is equally precise and deliberate. Alongside paint and brush, she employs rollers, tape, rulers, stencils, and stamps. Influences from graphic art, Art Deco, and Pop Art are palpable, yet over the years Croon has forged them into a visual language that is unmistakably her own.

This visual language proves equally compelling on an intimate scale as it does on a monumental one. In her murals, patterns, forms, and colors integrate into the architecture, while her works on canvas and paper reflect the same devotion to order, repetition, and spatial division.