Tres Memoria
Lynda Benglis American
Not on view
Using a wide range of materials—from latex and foam to metal and wax—Benglis fuses painting and sculpture to create dynamic works that explore the physical and psychological aspects of art. In the mid-1960s she began to make monochrome encaustic paintings on narrow vertical supports. By 1969 she was building up these works by applying multiple layers of pigmented liquid beeswax to the panels, whose shape is determined by the width of the brush and the length of the artist’s arm. Once the wax hardened, Benglis manipulated it with a blowtorch to achieve a marbleized effect. The resulting stratified, highly textured topography is characterized by deep crevices and an organic, sensuous surface.
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