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Born 1941 Lake Charles, Louisiana. Known for: Sculpture-knot shaped 'environments', fountains, graphics.
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way... Read full biography
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way home from Mississippi. She lost her Southern accent as fast as she could and enrolled at the Brooklyn... Read full biography
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way home from Mississippi. She lost her Southern accent as fast as she could and enrolled at the Brooklyn Museum Art School; within a few months, it seems, she knew almost everyone in the art world. Her blunt manner must have been balanced by considerable charm if, as the story goes, she really got away... Read full biography
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way home from Mississippi. She lost her Southern accent as fast as she could and enrolled at the Brooklyn Museum Art School; within a few months, it seems, she knew almost everyone in the art world. Her blunt manner must have been balanced by considerable charm if, as the story goes, she really got away with telling David Hockney, at one of his openings, that his drawings were good but that he ought to forget about his paintings. She also recommended to Dan Flavin, still making painted boxes with light-bulbs sticking out, that maybe he could lose the... Read full biography
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way home from Mississippi. She lost her Southern accent as fast as she could and enrolled at the Brooklyn Museum Art School; within a few months, it seems, she knew almost everyone in the art world. Her blunt manner must have been balanced by considerable charm if, as the story goes, she really got away with telling David Hockney, at one of his openings, that his drawings were good but that he ought to forget about his paintings. She also recommended to Dan Flavin, still making painted boxes with light-bulbs sticking out, that maybe he could lose the boxes, which he eventually did. The New York art world was smaller then with "nobody was going to these openings," Benglis r... Read full biography
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Keywords (40)
Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Art Pottery
- •Brass
- •Bronze
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Egg Tempera
- •Encaustic
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Neon Light, Projected Light, Illumination
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Plaster
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wax
- •Wire
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Feminist Themes, Women's Equality, Feminism
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
- •Self-Portrait
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Catalina Island
Art School
- •Brooklyn Museum Art School/Institute, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Max Beckman Scholarship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Storm King Art Center Sculpture Installation, New York
- •U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Foundation
Added Description
- •Wikipedia Category of Top American Women Painters
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art