Lynda Benglis’ knots
power, desire, femininity, gender stereotypes, eroticism
suggestive poses, reflect the mannerisms of body language
decorative glitter
considered a kind of “abstract handwriting”
“a family of convoluted forms”
“People recognize themselves in the knots” -Lynda
“Benglis’ seems to me an “erotic” art, an art in touch with the roots of various sexualized sensation, emotion and fantasy. Her works invite recognition, whether in the mind or at the fingertips or in the gut, or sensual feelings that might be mild and pleasant or wrenching and grotesque, but are in any case humanly true. After all, disgust no less than desire is an erotic emotion…” -Peter Schjeldahl
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URL: http://risdiss.tumblr.com/post/549525346/lynda-benglis-knots-power-desire-femininity
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