Two computer-controlled sculptures will put on a six-minute performance: Liliane Lijn's Conjunction of Opposites: Lady of the Wild Things and Woman of War was first shown at the 1986 Venice Biennale. Here she explores how sound can be transformed into light. Lijn perceives the separate consideration of the senses as a backward cultural step and searched for ways to find a unity of the senses. She wanted people to see sound, as she put it. Lijn searched for the essence of reality. For her, it is the information that is transported through light, sound and vibration and thus enables interactions between beings and objects. The exhibition Liliane Lijn. Arise Alive provides an overview of her oeuvre from the late 1950s to the present day. The focus is on sculptural works from the 1980s, in which Lijn explored new female body forms using materials with feminine connotations such as feather duster fibers, plant matter, piano wires and glass prisms. The cone is one of these forms that has been a frequent feature of her work ever since. Liliane Lijn. Arise Alive is on display at Haus der Kunst in Munich from April 5 to September 22.
Born in New York City in 1939, Lijn studied archaeology and art history in Paris from 1958. During this time, she taught herself to paint and draw and took part in meetings of the Surrealists. Surrealist ideas can be found repeatedly in her work over the following decades. Lijn returned to New York in 1961. From then on, she experimented with unusual materials and plastics and carried out research into invisibility, movement and light reflections. Five years later, she moved to London, where she still lives today.
