This exhibition is the first solo exhibition in Europe of the American sculptor Lynda Benglis, best known for her pioneering and challenging works which question the rigours of Modernism and Minimalism by merging content and form. Spanning 40 years of work, this exhibition represents her extraordinary creative output from her early poured latex or polyurethane sculptures, best known as ?fallen paintings? and wax relief?s of the late 1960s; videos, Torsos and Knots of the 1970s along with Wing (an incarnation of one of her cantilevered sculptures) and the 1975 installation Primary Structures (Paula?s Props); to her metallised pleated sculptures of the 1980s and '90s; and her more recent works in polyurethane such as The Graces, 2003-05. The exhibition also includes documentary material outlining her interest in performance or self-promotion through magazines and invitation cards ? most famously her controversial ?dildo? advertisement (part of her Sexual Mockeries series) in Artforum magazine in November 1974.
Benglis?s interest in process has led her to expand the possibilities of material from latex pouring and expansions to more precious materials such as glass and gold. Taking the body and landscape as prime references Benglis creates work that oozes immediacy and physicality, defying gravity, her forms have been coined ?frozen gestures?. Invited to teach at the feminist courses in California in the early seventies, Benglis has always toyed with gender relations. Benglis?s most well-known videos such as Now, 1973, and Female Sensibility, 1973, capture and mock the sexual prejudices of the times as well as breaking ground in terms of early video and documentary-making.
Born in 1941 in Louisiana, USA, Lynda Benglis lives and works between New York, Santa Fe, Kastelorizo and Ahmedabad. Solo exhibitions include Shape Shifters, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, 2008; Lynda Benglis: Pleated, Knotted, Poured?, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, 2007; Lynda Benglis, Cheim&Read, New York, 2004; Lynda Benglis: Sculptures, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, 2003; Michael Janssen Gallery, Cologne, 1998; Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 1991; Dual Natures, curated by Susan Krane, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1990; The Kitchen, New York, 1975; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 1975; The Clocktower, New York, 1973; Lynda Benglis: Video Tapes, curated by Robert Pincus-Witten, Video Gallery, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 1973; Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1971; Hayden Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1971; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 1970; Galerie Hans Müller, Cologne, 1970.
Die Ausstellung läuft vom 4. November 2009 bis zum 24. Januar 2010
(afterwards at Museum Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2. April ? 20. June 2010), Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, USA (1. October 2010 ? 9. January 2011) und im New Museum, New York, USA (9. February ? 1. May 2011)
Irish Museum of Modern Art - Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann, Royal Hospital, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 , Ireland
Öffnungszeiten: Di - Sa 10 ? 17:30 Uhr/ Mi 10:30 ? 17:30 Uhr/ So 12 ? 17:30 Uhr/ Montag geschlossen
