The Art of Not Making

Building on Michael Petry's book, The Art of Not Making: the new artist/artisan relationship, this group exhibition explores some of the different factors that motivate artists to use assistants or make outsourcing part of their practice today. 8th June - 25th August 2013 Hå gamle prestegard, Håvegen, Norway
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Magma Brooch, 2013

In the Old Hebrew testament, ‘glebe’ was the primal earth, from which the first humans were formed. 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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Visual Poetics

12th February - 5th May 2013

This group exhibition, curated by David Miller and Chris McCabe, focuses on the ways in which poetry has moved into a visual dimension in work by recent practitioners.

The Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall, London
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Magma Ring, 2013

In the Old Hebrew testament, ‘glebe’ was the primal earth, from which the first humans were formed. 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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Lava Leaf Silver Pendant, 2013

In the Old Hebrew testament, ‘glebe’ was the primal earth, from which the first humans were formed. 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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Liliane Lijn, Cosmic Dramas

mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

30th November 2012 - 28th February 2013

From the early 1980s, Lijn began to develop a new female archetype, using a broad range of materials, media and new technologies, referencing mythological beings and merging them with images from both nature and industry. Bridging art and drama, Conjunction of Opposites [Woman of War & Lady of the Wild Things], The Bride and The Electric Bride are 'the beginnings of a consciousness of spectacular feminist contemporary art'.
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The Fabricated Object

Building on Michael Petry's book, The Art of Not Making: the new artist/artisan relationship, this group exhibition explores some of the different factors that motivate artists to use assistants or make outsourcing part of their practice today.

28th November 2012 - 18th January 2013

Sumarria Lunn, 36 South Molton Lane, Mayfair, London W1K 5AB
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Glass Wave Plates, 2012

Lijn has used glass in her work, since the 1960’s. The Glass Wave Plates were originally made as playful experiments, while she was working on her Torn Heads series at the Hergiswil Glasi in Switzerland.
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