Liliane Lijn. Arise Alive

November 15, 2024 to May 4, 2025

Liliane Lijn
Arise Alive

Curated by Manuela Ammer

Liliane Lijn (b. 1939 in New York) has been working at the intersection of visual art, poetry and science for over six decades. Her category-defying work takes its starting point in the late 1950s, in the context of kinetic art, and in experiments with light, energy and movement. These early works demonstrate the artist’s ongoing interest in innovative materials and technologies, as well as the latest scientific findings. In the 1980s, Lijn created multimedia sculptures in which she explored the human body and alternative conceptions of the feminine. Combining the cosmic with the personal and mythology with high-tech, these interactive works give a contemporary form to female archetypes. Arise Alive is the artist’s most comprehensive institutional solo presentation to date.

Liliane Lijn. Arise Alive is jointly organized with Haus der Kunst München, in collaboration with Tate St Ives. In conjunction with the exhibition, a comprehensive monograph on Lijn’s work will be co-published.

Pompeii Commitment. Archeological Matters – Digital Fellowship
Release: Thursday, November 14, pompeiicommitment.org

mumok is pleased to announce that, coinciding with the opening of Liliane Lijn. Arise Alive, the artist’s contribution to Pompeii Commitment. Archeological Matters – Digital Fellowship will be launched on pompeiicommitment.org. The project is part of the first long-term, contemporary art programme established by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii.

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Video tour with Liliane Lijn & Manuela Ammer

This video tour provides an insight into Liliane Lijn’s artistic work, featuring contributions by the artist and curator Manuela Ammer. It shows Lijn’s interest in movement, the dissolution of forms, and her openness to new technologies and materials.

Catalogue | 2024

Liliane Lijn. Arise Alive

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Words to Walk On (1993)

Liliane Ljins work is on display on the external staircase leading up to entrance of the mumok building, having been adapted especially for the venue. Ljin has also regularly made works in the realm of applied arts, creating, for example, jewelry, furniture, and carpets. A text work is exhibited on the steps of the staircase, an artwork that is based on a carpet design from 1993, Words to Walk On. Ljin interweaves key terms from her artistic practice—such as „she“ „flow“ or „light“—into the carpet´s design and merges these with the motif of flowing water. This works constitutes a striking example of the significance afforded to language and poetry in Ljins oeuvre, and how she expands these into physical space. It also serves as a prime example of the countless works realized by the artist in public spaces throughout the course of her career.