Liliane Lijn
Even Five, Frost White Koan, Tilt   1969 - 1976

61cm high 41 cm base diameter
fiberglas cone intersected by 5 elliptical layers of 3/8" perspex on turntable.

61cm high 41 cm base diameter
fiberglas cone intersected by 5elliptical layers of perspex of varied thickness and translucent finish.

30 cm high x 20 cm base diameter
orange.blue perspex; white fibreglas cone motorized turntable & ultraviolet light.

Solo exhibition, Shirley Day Gallery, London, 2000.

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, to visually analyse the complexity of the conical form.