The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Lagniappe 1

Lagniappe 1

1978
(American, 1941-)
Overall: 129 x 66 x 30 cm (50 13/16 x 26 x 11 13/16 in.)
© Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: not on view

Description

Lynda Benglis explains the inspiration for her work in this quote from 1982: "I felt that in the minimalist tradition there was no sense of theater. There was a puritanical quality of the work ethic. . . there was still the idea of the 'heroic gesture' in some way. Having been involved in logic, I wanted to make something that related to the body, that was humanistic, and not machine-like . . . I was interested in a non-logical, contained activity." In her later works, Lynda Benglis often used vertical, unknotted forms that are pinched in the center or at the ends, and layered with a thin skin of gold leaf. As the title of this work implies, Lagniappe 1 makes references to cheap, take-away gifts for costumers, but also to the human body, especially female attributes.
  • Artist (1978); Texas Gallery (1980)
  • Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 229): July 20, 2012 - November 19, 2012.
  • {{cite web|title=Lagniappe 1|url=false|author=Lynda Benglis|year=1978|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.12