In the 1970s, working alongside her peers Peter Hujar and Robert Mapplethorpe, Davis developed her formative work that explored the sculptural qualities of the nude body. Although the subject of her work shifted after her first trip to the Arctic in the 1980s, her aesthetic concerns have remained constant. According to Davis, “I wasn’t looking at landscape per se, but for objects outside that reflected a minimalist geometric approach to landscape and structure.”
until 30 November 2017
Lynn Davis: On Ice
curated by Hilary Lewis and Cole Akers
The Glass House
199 Elm Street, New Canaan