Supplement: two sculptures (paint container and stirring utensil) with coloured polyurethane foam, each signed, dated and inscribed with fine fibre pen in black: Lynda Benglis 6/28/70 #15 resp. #9.
Lynda Benglis began experimenting with polyurethane foam during the late 1960s. In contrast to the minimalist - and primarily male dominated - tendencies of the time, she did not shy away from the use of colour. Benglis refers to her lavish, colour-intensive foam formations as ‘‘frozen gestures‘‘ (gefrorene Gesten). Similarly to solidified lava, the colourful streams of polyurethane which she poured into spaces, corners or onto walls appear as if they had come to a standstill mid-motion. Yet upon closer inspection, the tactile quality of the material becomes apparent: tiny bubbles, pores and air pockets preserve the astonishing lightness within the solidified substance.
The work is a prototype of a site-specific piece that Benglis created for the collector Otto Dobermann in Münster. The artist created it on and around the fireplace in his attic.
Supplement: two sculptures (paint container and stirring utensil) with coloured polyurethane foam, each signed, dated and inscribed with fine fibre pen in black: Lynda Benglis 6/28/70 #15 resp. #9.
Lynda Benglis began experimenting with polyurethane foam during the late 1960s. In contrast to the minimalist - and primarily male dominated - tendencies of the time, she did not shy away from the use of colour. Benglis refers to her lavish, colour-intensive foam formations as ‘‘frozen gestures‘‘ (gefrorene Gesten). Similarly to solidified lava, the colourful streams of polyurethane which she poured into spaces, corners or onto walls appear as if they had come to a standstill mid-motion. Yet upon closer inspection, the tactile quality of the material becomes apparent: tiny bubbles, pores and air pockets preserve the astonishing lightness within the solidified substance.
The work is a prototype of a site-specific piece that Benglis created for the collector Otto Dobermann in Münster. The artist created it on and around the fireplace in his attic.
