Executed in red marble with beguiling grey veining, Untitled III (2017-18) by Lynda Benglis stages an evocative interplay between surface and shape. Unravelling into space, the work echoes fabric billowing around the figure or a rising plant-like form. Contrasting the nuance of folds and colour with the smoothness of carved stone, Benglis addresses the history of classical sculpture, particularly the sensibility of the Baroque.

Lynda Benglis (b. 1941) is an American artist best known for her sculptural forms that challenge hierarchies between hard and soft, control and improvisation, permanence and movement. Benglis’ work is in extensive public collections including: Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Most recently, Benglis was the subject of an international retrospective, which traveled to The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; The Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Le Consortium, Dijon; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; New Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Lynda Benglis lives and works in New York and Santa Fe.