Locks Gallery is pleased to present an two-person exhibition of sculptures by the Norwegian textile artist Hanne Friis and the renowned sculptor Lynda Benglis. This will be Friis’ first exhibition in the U.S. and the show will be accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by Amanda Gluibizzi.
Hanne Friis (b. 1972, Oslo, Norway) is considered one of most influential Norwegian contemporary artists working with textile. She studied sculpture and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim from 1992 to 1996 before specializing in textile art. Friis has exhibited worldwide, including a major solo exhibition at the Vigeland Museum in Oslo, Norway and most recently, a major installation at the KODE Museum in Bergen. Her works are included in a number of important public and private collections including the National Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway; National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim, Norway; Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway; West Norway Museum of Decorative Arts, Bergen, and the Norwegian Parliament, Oslo.
Lynda Benglis (b. 1941, Lake Charles, Louisiana) has been critically acclaimed as one of the leading visual artists since the 1960s. She is best known for subverting prevailing ideologies about art and sculpture through her poured latex floor paintings, layered wax pieces, and metal pleated, knotted, and poured sculptures. Benglis received her BFA from Newcomb College in 1964 and continues to work between New York, Santa Fe, Greece, and India. Her 2009–2011 traveling retrospective visited six venues in Europe and the United States, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the New Museum, New York. Benglis’ work is in numerous public collections including the Dallas Museum of Art; the Guggenheim Museum of Art, NY; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Tate Modern, London; the Walker Art Center, MN; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
