Liliane Lijn

Liliane Lijn was born in New York City, studied Art History and Archeology in Paris and lives and work in London. Her videos, video sculptures, and installations have been exhibited internationally since the 1960’s. They are represented in numerous important collections, including MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and the British Museum. She is known for her kinetic and text-based Poem Machines (1962) and cone-shaped Koans (1965), which explore both light and text. During her Space Science Laboratory residency in 2005, Lijn began working with aerogel, a material developed by NASA scientists to collect interstellar dust in outer space, exhibiting her ephemeral Stardust Ruins installation at Riflemaker in 2008.

Lijn writes about her work:

"I work in a broad range of materials and media, making extensive use of new technologies to create works that view the world as energy. A constant dialogue between opposites, my sculptures use light and motion to transform themselves from solid to void, opaque to transparent, formal to organic.

I am particularly interested in the interaction between light and matter. I use video as memory encapsulated in light. My practice takes inspiration from science, oriental and western philosophies and the archetypal images of mythology. My work with text, in unique objects, live performance and books, explores how language acts as a mirror of our society."

Works by Liliane Lijn

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