Liane Lang RA
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. In her series ‘Touch Stone’, the artist has screen-printed images of statues onto objects from the natural world including quarried stone, slivers of crystal, and tree trunk slices. These works have an air of the mystical; rich in narrative and memory, they reference the power and fragility of nature and our increasingly destructive relationship with it. Recent photographic works have been informed by travel in South Georgia and continue the artist’s interest in environmental concerns.
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. We were proud to exhibit Liane’s work in our 2023 group exhibition ‘Power Play’ and at the 2024 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Liane lives and works in east London.
Works showing courtesy of Oliver Projects Gallery
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. In her series ‘Touch Stone’, the artist has screen-printed images of statues onto objects from the natural world including quarried stone, slivers of crystal, and tree trunk slices. These works have an air of the mystical; rich in narrative and memory, they reference the power and fragility of nature and our increasingly destructive relationship with it. Recent photographic works have been informed by travel in South Georgia and continue the artist’s interest in environmental concerns.
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. We were proud to exhibit Liane’s work in our 2023 group exhibition ‘Power Play’ and at the 2024 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Liane lives and works in east London.
Works showing courtesy of Oliver Projects Gallery