Lynda Benglis (born in 1941 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, lives and works in New York), one of
America's most important artists, a leader of Post
Minimalism along with Richard Serra,
Eva Hesse and Bruce Nauman, has explored in her work a wide range of techniques and mediums, from wax
abstract painting, to latex, polyurethane or metal
sculpture, through
video and
performance footage.
This formal diversity expresses a complex and radical thinking about body,
gender identity, representation of women and male dominance, beyond her
feminist icon status since a series of sulphurous advertisements published with
Robert Morris in the 1970s, including the famous and controversial ad in
Artforum featuring her aggressively posed with a giant dildo and wearing only a pair of sunglasses.
