
Ruins of Kasch, 2008
The title of this work is taken from The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso, a book about the history of sacrifice.
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Heavenly Fragments, 2008
A disc and a cone of aerogel have broken into fragments. Each installation is an attempt at renewal but can only represent a fragmented memory, a ruin.
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Magma Cuff, 2007
Lijn intends her jewellery to be worn, as if one were moulding a clod of ‘glebe’ to a part of one’s body. She wants people to wear the earth.
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Liberate Heart, 2007
Whether Lijn work with a poet’s words or her own text, she wants the words to float into the viewers mind in continually changing sequences. Meaning, like a river, is always in flux.
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Lost Koan, 2007
Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Red Line Koan, 2007
Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Fire Ice, 2007
Whether she works with a poet’s words or her own text, Lijn wants the words to float into the viewers mind in continually changing sequences. Meaning, like a river, is always in flux.
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Prism Ring 2006
Lijn intends her jewellery to be worn, as if one were moulding a clod of ‘glebe’ to a part of one’s body. She wants people to wear the earth.
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Folded Ring, 2006
Lijn intends her jewellery to be worn, as if one were moulding a clod of ‘glebe’ to a part of one’s body. She wants people to wear the earth.
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Starslide, 2005
Commissioned by Guy's and St Thomas' Charity for the Evelina Childrens Hospital in London.
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Starslide, 2005
Lijn’s concept of sculpture is that no part of it should be unnecessary. She wanted to design a slide that both in concept and form would be an integral part of the sculpture.
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Starslide (Construction), 2005
It was a great challenge to conceive of a sculpture that was also a helter-skelter. To mould a spiral slide into a cone was an extremely complex technical problem.
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Zero Gravity Koan, 1969 / 2004
Niccone Valley, Italy. In 2004 I decided to remake the Koans, which I had originally made in 1969 and exhibited at the Hanover Gallery in London.
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Zero Gravity Koan
La Rotunda, Commune di Umbertide. 2004.
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Vaselle, 2004
A glazed ceramic wine vessel made from two conjoined conical shapes.
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Zero Gravity Koan, 2004
Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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