Being in Dialogue with: Lynda Benglis
Lynda Benglis: 1968-1978, Publication of the Exhibit at University of South Florida, Tampa teaching gallery, FAH 110. March 19-April 27, 1980 Her works toe the line between being not exactly sculptures, and not exactly paintings. She was in the generation of post minimalism, and a part of the "Anti-Tradition Tradition." Work toes a line between aggression and delicacy? Used materials like plaster, Beeswax, polyurethane foam, aluminum, etc. She cast metal versions of foam sculptures explores forces of tying, pulling, puffiness, cascading, knotting, pinching, etc Lynda Benglis : Dual Natures , High Museum of Art, Susan Krane, a retrospective "Lynda Benglis's art has always stood in oblique opposition to mainstream concerns. Although her work is firmly rooted in the issues of its times, Benglis has rebounded off the popular critical path, preferring a position of contradiction that refuses easy historical typecasting." ...
