On This Spot Newsletter — December 2024

On This Spot tells the stories of a diverse group of women artists through short-form documentaries. Join us as we put women artists on the map.

Video Spotlight – Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis revolutionized the medium of painting. Raised in Louisiana's Bayou Country, she was part of the SoHo art scene since her 1964 arrival. She turned abstraction into a physical, sensual, and sculptural reality by pouring electric-colored latex directly onto the floor where it pooled into large organic shapes.

She also began a series of what she called “sexual mockeries" and scandalized the art world in 1974 with a nude ad in Artforum magazine. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the daring, iconoclastic gesture. We are just starting to catch up with her. 

On This Spot Receives NYC Women's Fund Grant

On This Spot is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a highly competitive grant from the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre.

Our gratitude goes to The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Spot Reads

Further reading on Spot artists

Lynda Benglis

— Andrew Bonacina, Nora Lawrence, Bibiana Obler Price

A tireless exploration of new shape and materials, Benglis's gestural approach to art-making has, over the years, elevated her to iconic status, her work being evidence of how process can wield pliant matter and let it "take its own form."

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Women Artists in Midcentury America: A History in Ten Exhibitions — Daniel Belasco

Shedding light on the untold story of women artists in the United States and the social impact of their work during the crucial decades of the 1950s to the 1970s, this book notes the remarkable contributions of numerous artists, from Ruth Asawa to Marguerite Zorach. 

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What's Happening

Events and exhibitions related to Spot artists

Cecilia Vicuña: La Migranta Blue Nipple

Lehmann Maupin, New York

November 21, 2024 – January 11, 2025

Vicuña presents a series of new paintings, a selection of her “precario” sculptures, and a suite of drawings. The three-floor exhibition includes the first US presentation of Vicuña’s quipu, NAUFraga (2022) since its premiere at the 59th Venice Biennale, as well as a new unseen film shot while participating in Documenta 14.

Watch our Heresies video including Vicuña.

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