Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis, 1974

Lynda Benglis (born October 25, 1941 in Lake Charles , Louisiana , USA ) is an American artist who became known for her sculptures , watercolors , graphics , photographs and installations .

life and work

Benglis studied at Newcomb College in New Orleans , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She lives in New York City , East Hampton, New York, and Santa Fe .

Benglis prefers to use materials such as latex, gold leaf, zinc, aluminum and glitter, which she processes into serial abstract sculptures, often in the form of knots, fans or flowing mass. She plays with different aggregate states by making the soft hard, hard soft and movements appear frozen, and thus develops her own form of Abstract Expressionism .

Exhibitions (selection)

2016: Benglis and the Baroque , Thomas Brambilla gallery , Bergamo, Italy.
2016: Lynda Benglis: Cuerpos, Materia y Alma , Museo International del Barroco, Puebla, Mexico .
2016: Lynda Benglis: Primary Structures (Paula's Props) , PRAXIS at Bergen Assembly 2016, KODE Art Museums of Bergen, Bergen Assembly, Bergen, Norwa y
2016: Lynda Benglis, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado.
2015: Solo Show, Walker Art Center, Minnesota.
2015: Lynda Benglis: Water Sources , Storm King Art Center , New Windsor, New York.
2015: Lynda Benglis , Hepworth Wakefield, 6 Feb - 1 July 2015, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK.
2014: Lynda Benglis, Cheim & Read, New York.
2014: Lynda Benglis: Planar Device, Thomas Dane, London, England.
2011: 1973-1974, Lynda Benglis / Robert Morris , gallery mfc-michèle didier , Paris.
2011: Lynda Benglis Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2010: Lynda Benglis, Le Consortium, Dijon, France.
2009: Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City
2009: Lynda Benglis, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; traveled to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Museum le Consortium, Dijon, France; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; New Museum, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California; Lynda Benglis, New Work, Cheim & Read, New York.
2007: WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, March 4-July 16, 2007.
1997: Portland Art Museum , Oregon
1993: Smithsonian American Art Museum , Washington DC
Detroit Institute of Arts , Michigan
Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University , Illinois
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth , Texas

various

In 1974 the November edition of the art newspaper Artforum caused a scandal when it printed an advertisement placed by the artist in which the artist published naked, holding an oversized dildo .

This picture, originally only planned as an independent work by the artist, was to be printed before the corresponding contribution at the artist's request after she learned of an article by Pincus-Witten being published. When the publisher declined, the artist bought a double-sided ad for $ 3,000 and placed it in front of the relevant article.

In 2011 Lynda Benglis was elected a member (NA) of the National Academy , New York. She has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2012 .

On July 21, 2012 she was awarded the Erich Hauser Prize of the Erich Hauser Art Foundation . The award ceremony and exhibition opening with the title FLOW AND MARKS was on July 21st and could be attended until August 26th in the workshop hall of the Erich Hauser Art Foundation in Rottweil.

Web links

Commons : Lynda Benglis - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Therese Dann: Biographies of the Artists . In: Gabriele Schor (Ed.): Feminist Avantgarde. 1970s art. Verbund Collection, Vienna . Prestel, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-7913-5627-3 , pp. 491 .
↑ nationalacademy.org: Living Academicians "B" ( Memento from August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed March 15, 2015)
↑ Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 10, 2019 .
↑ Erich Hauser Art Foundation

personal data
SURNAME	Benglis, Lynda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American artist (sculptures, watercolors, graphics, photography, installations)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 25, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lake Charles , Louisiana, USA

[1] Therese Dann: Biographies of the Artists . In: Gabriele Schor (Ed.): Feminist Avantgarde. 1970s art. Verbund Collection, Vienna . Prestel, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-7913-5627-3 , pp. 491 .

[2] tionalacademy.org: Living Academicians "B" ( Memento from August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed March 15, 2015)

[3] Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 10, 2019 .

[4] Erich Hauser Art Foundation