Pamela Rosenkranz

This summer, Pamela Rosenkranz (b. 1979) transforms the Stedelijk with her provocative exploration of humans in relation to nature and technology. Through colour, scent, and sound, Rosenkranz creates immersive installations that question the boundaries between the biological and artificial. A centrepiece is Our Product – a pool filled with synthetic pink liquid, evoking skin tone often treated as standard in consumer culture. ‘neutral’ or ‘standard’

Engaging installations

Liquid Body presents, alongside a body of new work, a selection of Rosenkranz’s key pieces, highlighting her sustained engagement with sensory experience, synthetic materials, and transformation. Central to the exhibition is Our Product (2015), first unveiled at the Swiss Pavilion of the Venice Biennale. Featuring a pool filled with pink liquid mimicking standardised skin tones, the work reveals how commercial narratives influence personal and collective identities. Her seminal Firm Being series—PET water bottles filled with silicone in varying flesh tones—continues this exploration of purity, embodiment, and the commodification of natural resources.