Works - Liliane Lijn

Split Spiral Spin: Project for a Sculpture as an Interference System, 1982

When back-lit, the sculpture appears transparent, when front-lit, opaque.
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Split Spiral Spin (Proposal), 1982

Three maquettes for Split Spiral Spin, of which the third most complex one was made into the final sculpture for the Birchwood science Park site.
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Extrapolation, 1982

Winning sculpture of the Norwich Triennial Festival Sculpture Competition in 1982.
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Soft Koan, 1981

Soft Cone is one of a group of sculptures which Lijn originally made in clay. She was particularly interested in the energy transferred from her hands to the clay.
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Six Throws of the Oracular Keys, Collection Unfinitude curated by Angeline Neveu, edition de la Nepe, Paris, 1981

Six Throws of the Oracular Keys is a book of poems written in the summer of 1974. Each poem was written by a random dealing of the deck of cards Lijn invented in 1970, entitled Keys.
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Circle of Light, 1980

The oscillating line of reflected light on each cylinder acts as a system of signals that describes spatial changes occurring on the surface of the cylinder.
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Cetacea, 1980

Project for a Memorial to all the Species of the Order Cetacea.
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Queen of Hearts, Queen of Diamonds, 1980

Lijn is interested in the idea of a twin system in which twins exist as parallel but opposite beings.
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Windows, 1980

This figure owes its title to Lijn's interest in the function of windows, and to the metaphor of the prism as a window into matter.
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Heshe, 1980

With Heshe Lijn took the plunge into colour. As well as showing her interest in tactile surfaces rather than painted sculpture.
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Windows, 1979

Lijn layered brightly coloured pastels, rubbing some of the intensity out with white. At the time, she was interested in the surface of the sun and its constant ebullience.
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Three Proposals for a Milton Keynes Traffic Roundabout, 1979

Lijn wanted to use the iconography of the road, widening meaning through change of use and contradiction.
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Feathered Lady, 1979

In this sculpture Lijn decided to use soft, luxurious and possibly gender specific materials.
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Lunar Traces, 1978

Lunar Traces marked an expansion in Lijn's use of colour, following the series Flow Lines.
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Saurian, 1978

The Prism Stone series continues Lijn’s work exploring the possibilities in which extreme opposites can come together and embrace one another in a strange but fruitful synergy.
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Nahhash, 1978

The Prism Stone series continues Lijn’s work exploring the possibilities in which extreme opposites can come together and embrace one another in a strange but fruitful synergy.
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