Liliane Lijn
See-Thru Koan   1969

61 high x 41 cm base diameter.

Fibreglass intersected by 5 elliptical layers of perspex of varied thickness, motorised turntable.

Installation Hanover Gallery solo exhibition 1970 with Space Displace, Exit Matter and Anti-Gravity Koans.

Arts Council Collection

Koans are about relating the parts to the whole. This is a continuous theme in my work. In my work with cones, I use elliptical planes to divide the cone, thus analysing the ambiguous complexity of the conical form.