Lynda Benglis Contemporary Artists Series Andrew Bonacina, Nora Lawrence, Bibiana Obler The definitive monograph on American sculptor and visual artist Lynda Benglis, one of the most important living artists today
Since her arrival in New York from her native Lousiana in the late 1960s, Lynda Benglis gained recognition for creating a groundbreaking body of work that challenged at once sculpture and painting conventions in an until then largely male-dominated art world. A tireless explorer of new shape and materials, Benglis’s gestural and formal approach to art-making has, over the years, elevated her to iconic status, her work being evidence of how process can wield pliant matter and let it ‘take its own form’. Andrew Bonacina is Chief Curator at the Hepworth Wakefield in England. Nora Lawrence is Artistic Director at Storm King Center in New Windsor, New York. Bibiana Obler is Associate Professor of Art History at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in Washington, DC.
Fall 2022
Key Selling Points Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two National Endowment for the Arts grants, Benglis is one of the most important American living artists Benglis has developed a cult following through a body of work that at once re-examined the historical pattern of sculpture and instigated social changes Along peers such as Eva Hesse and Richard Serra, she is considered a pioneer of contemporary sculpture and a guiding light of the early Feminist movement Made in strict collaboration with Benglis and including many never-seen-before images, this is the first comprehensive book on the artist’s remarkable career Her work is collected by prestigious international museums worldwide, including MoMA in New York, Tate Modern in London, and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne
290 x 250 mm 9 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches 160 pp 160 col illus.
‘Lynda Benglis redefined sculpture in the 1960s and is now at her most prolific.’ – New York Times
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-83866-122-9 978 1 83866 122 9
‘She’s a globe-trotting artist who can shock and delight at once.’ – Financial Times
‘She rocked the art world.’ – Washington Post ‘Her work has been about seizing art as a tool of empowerment and autonomy.’ – Artforum
‘Benglis has always gone her own way – an attitude that has sometimes got her into trouble. But trouble can lead to great art.’ – Guardian ‘[Benglis’s] work is consistently and irrepressibly ahead of its time.’ — Roberta Smith
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