Of Stars And Magic
London, UK– Tomorrow marks the start of a truly astonishing exhibition that will surely leave you speechless in awe. Liliane Lijn’s ‘Stardust’ is fruit of the artist’s recent collaboration with NASA chemist Dr. Steven Jones, working with the highly porous material of aerogel (in essence made of 99% air) which is used by NASA on missions to capture interstellar particles for analysis back on earth.
Pieces of this diaphanous, quasi-transparent material are displayed within glass cabinets over which excerpts of film clips are projected, whilst everything from star-themed jazz to modern music punctuates the air. This ingenious visual and auditory interlude weaves a magic that is truly unlike anything I have laid my eyes upon before.
As Liliane remarks, ‘I often make use of new technologies to create works that represent the world as energy. A constant dialogue between opposites, my sculptures use light and motion to transform themselves from solid to void, opaque to transparent, formal to organic.’
If you are in town, this is one exhibition that is certainly not to be missed.
22 April- 5 July, Riflemaker Gallery, 79 Beak Street, Soho W1F 9SU
About Liliane Lijn
Born in New York (1939), this talented artist mingled with the Surrealists in the late 50s, took part in the first art ‘happenings’ of the 60s and modelled for Issey Miyake in the 80s. Recognised as an early pioneer of art and science, she studied archaeology at the Sorbonne and art history at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris, becoming an artist in residence within a plastics factory where she experimented with fire and acids. Working with light, poetry, movement and liquids, she rapidly established herself as a leading kinetic artist though a multitude of international exhibitions.
Images courtesy of Riflemaker Gallery
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