Pink Lady

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Pink Lady (for Asha) (2013) is the only fountain in the exhibition made of polyurethane, with a striking fluorescent pink colour. Its rough surface is reminiscent of the piles of sand and mud expelled by crabs and crustaceans at the seashore. Benglis has spoken about this specifically: "The holes the crabs made were very important to me (...). Watching the flood waters, I saw how they extracted the mud and left large holes, sometimes thirty centimetres high, covered with bubbling mud. They had texture."

The sculpture is a tribute to Asha Sarabhai, sister-in-law of Lynda Benglis' late husband, Anand Sarabhai. Its bright pink colour is inspired by the colourful festival kites of Ahmedabad, her in-laws' city where she lived and worked. Throughout her career, Benglis has used bold, shiny materials, including gold and silver, as a counterpoint to the minimalist austerity with which she is often associated.

Pink Lady (For Asha), 2013

Cast pigmented polyurethane

95" × 30" × 27" (241.3 cm × 76.2 cm × 68.6 cm)

Exhibitions

  • Lynda Benglis: Everything Flows, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, May 16–June 29, 2013.
  • tc: temporary contemporary, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, December 8, 2014–March 29, 2015.
  • Lynda Benglis: Water Sources, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, May 16–November 30, 2015.
  • Lynda Benglis, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, April 22–October 30, 2016.
  • Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee Avenue, Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 1–October 22, 2017.
  • Lynda Benglis: Over Air, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, May 3–June 28, 2019.

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