Liquid Reflections

With harrowing intimacy, Lijn’s account reveals her experiences in an era when sexism was the norm. Meeting William Burroughs, Man Ray, Méret Oppenheim, and so many others, Lijn cut a path across American, British, and European postwar art scenes, even while her search for self-driven meaning was continually thwarted by this masculine milieu * Los Angeles Review of Books *
A beautifully written memoir by one of the most important and original artists working today. It’s not simply a record of the evolution of an artist, but a testament to the strength of spirit and imagination that allowed Lijn to develop her artwork in the face of structural sexism. I found her story utterly gripping, enraging, entertaining – and important. I can’t recommend it highly enough – Jennifer Higgie
In the 1968 artwork that lends its name to American artist Liliane Lijn’s memoir, two acrylic balls chase each other in a mesmerizing dance atop a transparent disc covered in water droplets. That same sense of fluid motion infuses this autobiography, a whirlwind of encounters – with fellow creatives, men, and artworks – mostly set in late 1950s and 1960s Paris, with escapades in Athens, Geneva, and Venice. Lijn traces her artistic evolution and influences with a limpid diaristic prose, which lends a nonchalance to her life’s extraordinary events, from an enthralling but complex relationship with Greek artist Takis, to the relentless exploration of materials that made her a pioneer in melding art, poetry, and science * Art Basel *
Liliane Lijn has been a unique and self-renewing force of creativity for six decades, amounting to an exceptional and unclassifiable career as a visual artist in many media, as well as a poet and a thinker – Marina Warner
A revelatory account of a singular coming of age: a glittering portrait of the artist as a young woman * Interalia Magazine *

Liliane Lijn is an artist and writer. From text based kinetic sculptures to large animated installations, inspired by science, mythology, and eastern philosophies, Lijn combines industrial materials with artistic processes to reimagine the female body. Her work is held in important public collections, including Tate, Victoria & Albert, British Museum, and FNAC in Paris. She has been exhibited internationally since the 1960s, most recently in Electric Dreams at Tate Modern and in the major retrospective Liliane Lijn- Arise Alive at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, touring to mumok, Vienna and Tate St. Ives. Born in New York, Lijn subsequently lived in Lugano, Paris, New York and Athens before finally settling in London in 1967.

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