'Marijke van Warmerdam's work is characterized by the fact that no single image is given undue preference.
Gerhard Richter squeeged the paint across the canvas. Marijke van Warmerdam spreads the paint with a spatula, like filler on a wall. Painting becomes plastering. Covering over. Smoothing away.
The series is the result of lengthy contemplation and determined production. Devised, considered, reconsidered, and then, produced in one go. Let them dry a while and Bob's your uncle. Equally resolute and decisive. Simple and monumental. The hesitation, the searching - it all remains off the picture. The artist has gone to the trouble for the pleasure of the observer.
Robert Rauschenberg painted with a broom. Marijke van Warmerdam sweeps the paint across the surface with a broom. Painting becomes sweeping. Making a clean sweep. Good riddance to bad rubbish.'
From Dominic van de Boogerd, 'Private Pop', in: Cut, issue 6, October 2009