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Artist (New York City, New York, USA, born 1939)
Date1980
Mediumstove enamelled welded mild steel and optical glass prism
ClassificationsSculptures
DimensionsOverall: Height: 187.5 cm, Width: 164 cm, Depth: 164 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1983 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG004754
Keywords
About MeIn 1978 the American artist Liliane Lijn became fascinated by the sculptural possibilities of light and began to incorporate glass prisms in her work. The rainbow light cast by the prism becomes part of the sculpture giving Lijn 's work an elegant and ethereal quality.

The artist wrote of her use of prisms:

'When I work with them, I become a receiver, allowing them to act upon me…I do not wish to use prisms to see in a particular preplanned way, but to allow the prism to show me the unexpected'.