Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Dildo Girls

A most recent discovery of mine: Lynda Benglis. An abstract expressionist who created and still creates poured objects very sensual and mysterious.



Makes me think of Louise Bourgeouis.



And Jackson Pollock.



What caught my attention though was this...



In 1974, Ms. Benglis, tired of the sexy girl syndrome and the over abundance of men men men running the world of art, created and placed a series of advertisements in Artforum magazine.
This one was the piece de resistance and very controversial. People said her art mustn't be too good if she had to resort to behaving like this!


It reminded me of some work I did way back in art school when we were assigned to draw folds.


Any other girls out there making art with dildos?

Let me know. We could have a dildo show!

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