Merak
Modern and Contemporary Art
Merak
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Lynda Benglis
American, born 1941
American, born 1941
Date
1982–
1983
Medium
Copper, aluminum, and zinc over bronze wire mesh
Accession #
2003.50
Dimensions
27 x 29 x 20 inches
Location
On View - Anne Cox Chambers Wing, Skyway, Gallery 422
Description
Deeply concerned with the physicality of form and how it affects the viewer, Lynda Benglis uses a wide range of materials to render impressions of mass and surface. Though essentially abstract, her sculptures are at once industrial and organic, cerebral and physical, elegant and kitsch. The appearance of Merak changes radically with each angle; from one position it resembles a heavy, lavish drapery billowing in the wind, but with a mere shift of position it takes on the appearance of some exotic aquatic life form.
Credit
Gift of Dr. William and Lisa BauerImage Copyright
© Lynda Benglis/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York