Liane Lang, Joan and Maria, 2023
Archival pigment print, 45 x 45cm, edition of 25
Germany-born artist Liane Lang’s practice explores iconoclasm and legacy. Working across film, performance, printmaking and sculpture, she uses mannequins, models and photographic imagery of the body in her work to draw attention to historical representations of the female, and humankind’s relationship with the past.
Working with silicone in her previous occupation as an animator has played a key role in Liane’s practice. Using props such as contemporary casts of body parts, she mischievously creates interventions within historical contexts, questioning the value of the original.
This unframed work is one of a trio of new limited edition archival pigment prints from the artist’s ‘Atelier de Moulage’ series. The Atelier, a historical plaster casting workshop in Paris, still produces plaster casts of ancient and modern statues and stores moulds from the Louvre Collection. Liane has focused on the materiality of the sculptures, as well as the workshop’s tools and storage facilities. These images feature her characteristic interventions and – in this work’s case – the chance juxtaposition of a cast of Robot Maria from Fritz Lang’s 1927 film ‘Metropolis’ alongside a statue of Joan of Arc. In Liane’s words, ‘the story of Metropolis regains ever more prophetic power in the face of AI and deep fakes, and the fight for an equal society in the face of technocratic advance.’
Liane studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and completed a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London followed by an MFA at the Royal Academy Schools, London, where she graduated in 2006. She has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, including at the Musée de Beaux Arts Calais, PS1, New York and Kunstverein Heidelberg. She has won several prizes including the Photofusion Award, the Tooth Travel Award at Goldsmiths College and the Cheneviere Prize at the Royal Academy Schools. 2018 saw a solo show in London at James Freeman Gallery and her work was included in the group exhibition ‘From Life’ at the Royal Academy of Arts. Her work is held in numerous notable public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and MOMA, New York. She lives and works in east London.
Archival pigment print, 45 x 45cm, edition of 25
Germany-born artist Liane Lang’s practice explores iconoclasm and legacy. Working across film, performance, printmaking and sculpture, she uses mannequins, models and photographic imagery of the body in her work to draw attention to historical representations of the female, and humankind’s relationship with the past.
Working with silicone in her previous occupation as an animator has played a key role in Liane’s practice. Using props such as contemporary casts of body parts, she mischievously creates interventions within historical contexts, questioning the value of the original.
This unframed work is one of a trio of new limited edition archival pigment prints from the artist’s ‘Atelier de Moulage’ series. The Atelier, a historical plaster casting workshop in Paris, still produces plaster casts of ancient and modern statues and stores moulds from the Louvre Collection. Liane has focused on the materiality of the sculptures, as well as the workshop’s tools and storage facilities. These images feature her characteristic interventions and – in this work’s case – the chance juxtaposition of a cast of Robot Maria from Fritz Lang’s 1927 film ‘Metropolis’ alongside a statue of Joan of Arc. In Liane’s words, ‘the story of Metropolis regains ever more prophetic power in the face of AI and deep fakes, and the fight for an equal society in the face of technocratic advance.’
Liane studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and completed a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London followed by an MFA at the Royal Academy Schools, London, where she graduated in 2006. She has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, including at the Musée de Beaux Arts Calais, PS1, New York and Kunstverein Heidelberg. She has won several prizes including the Photofusion Award, the Tooth Travel Award at Goldsmiths College and the Cheneviere Prize at the Royal Academy Schools. 2018 saw a solo show in London at James Freeman Gallery and her work was included in the group exhibition ‘From Life’ at the Royal Academy of Arts. Her work is held in numerous notable public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and MOMA, New York. She lives and works in east London.
Archival pigment print, 45 x 45cm, edition of 25
Germany-born artist Liane Lang’s practice explores iconoclasm and legacy. Working across film, performance, printmaking and sculpture, she uses mannequins, models and photographic imagery of the body in her work to draw attention to historical representations of the female, and humankind’s relationship with the past.
Working with silicone in her previous occupation as an animator has played a key role in Liane’s practice. Using props such as contemporary casts of body parts, she mischievously creates interventions within historical contexts, questioning the value of the original.
This unframed work is one of a trio of new limited edition archival pigment prints from the artist’s ‘Atelier de Moulage’ series. The Atelier, a historical plaster casting workshop in Paris, still produces plaster casts of ancient and modern statues and stores moulds from the Louvre Collection. Liane has focused on the materiality of the sculptures, as well as the workshop’s tools and storage facilities. These images feature her characteristic interventions and – in this work’s case – the chance juxtaposition of a cast of Robot Maria from Fritz Lang’s 1927 film ‘Metropolis’ alongside a statue of Joan of Arc. In Liane’s words, ‘the story of Metropolis regains ever more prophetic power in the face of AI and deep fakes, and the fight for an equal society in the face of technocratic advance.’
Liane studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and completed a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London followed by an MFA at the Royal Academy Schools, London, where she graduated in 2006. She has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, including at the Musée de Beaux Arts Calais, PS1, New York and Kunstverein Heidelberg. She has won several prizes including the Photofusion Award, the Tooth Travel Award at Goldsmiths College and the Cheneviere Prize at the Royal Academy Schools. 2018 saw a solo show in London at James Freeman Gallery and her work was included in the group exhibition ‘From Life’ at the Royal Academy of Arts. Her work is held in numerous notable public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and MOMA, New York. She lives and works in east London.
