Cuffs - Liliane Lijn

Linear Light Column, 1969

In this series of work Lijn was interested in the way a reflected line of light describes the altered surface of the cylinder.
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Part of the series of works in which Lijn segmented cone forms, these translucent cut letra-film collages relate both to the larger Koan sculptures and to the Koancut silkscreen print series.
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Silver Ziggurat, 1969

The cylinder revolves at a constant speed, allowing the entire surface of the form to be seen by an immobile viewer in one continuous flow.
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Space Displace Koan, 1969

The koan spins slowly at a constant speed; so that the viewer’s eye focuses on the lines, which in turn appear to dissolve the volume of the sculpture.
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Inner Space – Outer Space – Same Distance, 1969

Lijn uses the cone as a cosmic totem, interleaving it with sections of the Earth seen from the Moon and sections of the lunar surface seen from Earth.
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Industrial Magic, 1969

Lijn’s obsession with cones is connected to her interest in industrial cooling towers. They belong to the same family of shapes and both forms seem to be connected to energy.
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Exit Matter Koan, 1969

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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Breathing Cone, 1968

In Breathing Cone the blue area pulsates as the cone spins, slowly, as if the cone were breathing.
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Protons Are Positive, 1968

"Words float on its almost invisible skin and spin into space." Lijn
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Poemkon = D = 4 = Open = Apollinaire, 1968

Commissioned for Guillaume Apollinaire 1880-1918: A Celebration, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1968.
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Liquid Reflections (Multiple), 1968

Liquid Reflections were Lijn’s first and most complex works with water and light. The Liquid Reflections series, inspired by her interest in astronomy and the physics of light, was the outcome of 5 years of experimental work with plastics and fire, acrylic polymers, lenses, prisms, light and finally water.
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