For more than 50 years, Benglis has been the art world’s mischievous alchemist, creating art that blurs the line between painting and sculpture. She transforms industrial materials — wire mesh, latex, plaster — into puckered knots that cling to the wall and gloopy puddles that congeal on the floor, and, more recently,
molding, pulling and stretching a paper “skin” over chicken wire. Now Dior has transformed her work into wraps, hats, and dresses that quiver and undulate as they move down the runway. “I feel very lucky” that Dior was inspired by my work, said Benglis, who lives in Santa Fe, N.M. Of Anderson, she added, “He’s totally open and a good partner.”
By Julia Halperin