These works on paper were made as a way of conjuring up the Bride sculpture installations. In them, Lijn imagined the inner bride, the numinous and as yet featureless archetypal figure of the betrothed or possessed feminine.
Transformation of the Bride into the Medusa
1987
Triptych
103.5 x 141 cm (unframed dimensions)
Watercolour and oil pastel on Whatman paper.
Marriage of Heaven and Hell
1987
104 x 71 cm
Soft pastel on Whatman paper.
Flower Bride
1987
104 x 71 cm
Soft pastel on Whatman paper.
Dark Lady
1989-1994
76 x 55.8 cm
Gouache and oil pastel on paper.
Dark Angel
1991
48 x 33 cm
Oil pastel over gouache on paper.
The Bride
1991
48 x 33 cm
Gouache on paper.
