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Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis has developed a distinctive and influential sculptural language since her initial rise to prominence during the 1960s and 70s. She uses a range of techniques and materials—including polyurethane foam, beeswax, plaster, bronze, and cast aluminum—to allude to painterly aspects of Abstract Expressionism while addressing issues of Post-Minimalism and feminist art. Many of her works are palpably tied to her body and its potential actions, such as her 1968 Fallen Paintings, which were made by pouring patterns of vibrantly colored latex directly on the floor. In addition to her sculptural output, she has created a radical body of work in video, photography, and media interventions—most famously in a controversial advertisement she took out in Artforum in 1974—that explore notions of power and gender. 

This evening’s program is generously sponsored by Sotheby’s.

Lynda Benglis (American, born 1941) lives and works between New York, Santa Fe, Kastelorizo, Greece, and Ahmedabad, India. A major retrospective of her work was organized in 2009 by the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, in collaboration with Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Le Consortium, Dijon; The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; and the New Museum, New York. She is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants (1990, 1979); and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1975)....