Lynda Benglis: Freedom and Control

I also have noticed some uncanny resemblances between my work and the work of Linda Benglis. Benglis uses a variety of materials - sometimes cast, sometimes poured, to create similar viscous organic-looking forms. The forms appear thick and heavy, creating the illusion of mass. In Hills and Clouds (2020), Benglis utilises polyurethane (polyurethane foam is basically expanding foam - however like I have explored in the work of Dan Lam, it is a specific type that expands less and has less limitations, making it more workable but still forms uncontrollably). I really would love to look into this for my next series of work, especially as she has added phosphorescent pigment to the foam, making it glow in the dark! but for the degree show I will stick to my normal expanding foam. The use of the phosphorescent pigment is so interesting as with the change of light it can make some areas of the work appear as though they are floating- frozen in time- much like my last series of work. Benglis even talks about this 'frozen gesture' being so beautiful to her.

Hills and clouds (2020)