On The Edge: In conversation with Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis is most celebrated for her engagement with the physicality of material within her artistic practice. Studying in New York City, Benglis propelled Abstract Expressionism’s gestural temperament away from the confines of the canvas. In the 1960s, she created fluid sculptures by pouring pigmented wax and latex within the gallery space, allowing the work to dictate its final form, while subverting the bravado of the male art stars from that period. The following decades saw production of provocative video and photographic work that explored the artist’s concern of gender stereotypes, critique of the art market and the artist as celebrity. Benglis continues to create today, compelling an ongoing conversation between abstraction and femininity and is featured in BMoA’s current exhibition On the Edge: Los Angeles Art 1970s - 1990s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection.

For Further Information:

On the Edge Exhibition: www.bmoa.org/exhibition/on-the-edge

Lynda Benglis: www.pacegallery.com/artists/lynda-benglis/