Lynda Benglis "Phantom"
The New Museum of Contemporary Art
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The New Museum will present a major exhibition of works by Lynda Benglis, the renowned American artist’s first museum retrospective in over twenty years. Benglis is an artist whose work continues to challenge artistic norms and exceed easy definition. Initially developed in the 1960s, her singular practice did not fit clearly within the sharp aesthetics of Minimalism or in the overtly political gestures of feminist art. Unlike Minimalist sculpture, Benglis’s works are steeped in the organic, with rivers of vibrant colors and erotic melting forms populating her sculptures. Rejecting the formalist influences of modernism, Benglis takes painting off the wall and brings color back into sculpture; she captures sensual experience and creates a visceral tie between the viewer and her biomorphic figures. With this unique combination of sensuousness and punk attitude, Benglis has influenced many generations of artists.
[Image: Lynda Benglis "Phantom" 1971 Polyurethane foam with phosphorescent pigments, 8 1/2
x 35 x 8ft (overall installation dimension variable). Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
© Lynda Benglis. DACS, London/VAGA, New York 200]
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from February 09, 2011 to June 19, 2011