Margaret Benyon

Colour Test

Margaret Benyon (1940 – 2016)
Colour Test
, RGB transmission hologram early 90s

Initially a painter, Margaret Benyon began to make holograms in 1968 when holography was available only to scientists. Her aim was to take holography out of the science lab, and to enlarge the boundaries of what was traditionally seen as fine art.

Holographic Embodiment at the HoloCenter on Governors Island
August 31 – October 27, 2019