Small Cosmic Flares

1966

56.5 h x 87 w x 9 d cm

22 ½” x 331/2”

Polymer lenses on Perspex in painted wood frame, lights and motorised switching mechanism.

Liliane Lijn began to fabricate framed wall sculptures using thin acrylic sheets as surfaces and incorporating within the frame numerous small spotlights that were programmed to turn on and off sequentially to change the angle of incident light illuminating the surface.