_____________ In the Meantime, Examples of the Same Lily (A temporary androgyne for Lynda Benglis and Richard Tuttle) A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Royal College of Art for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Lee Triming December 2015 _____________ Abstract, Bibliography, and Other Paratexts Copyright Statement: This text represents the submission for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Royal College of Art. This copy has been supplied for the purpose of research for private study, on the understanding that it is copyright material, and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. Author’s Declaration: During the period of registered study in which this thesis was prepared the author has not been registered for any other academic award or qualification. The material included in this thesis has not been submitted wholly or in part for any academic award or qualification other than that for which it is now submitted. Lee Triming December 2015 1 2 Contents: Copyright Statement/Author’s Declaration - 1 Contents - 3 Acknowledgements - 5 Abstract - 9 Bibliography - 13 3 4 Acknowledgements In their very truly great manners: Valerie and Graham Triming Ian Kiaer Barbara Campbell-Lange Dennis Cooper Sarah Jones Eve Sprague Cristina Cojanu Neal Rock Anne-Marie Creamer Andrew Bick Trish Lyons Sally O’Reilly Jonathan Miles Maria Fusco Denise Reilly Jonathan Lahey-Dronsfield Hardeep Virdee Mike Atherton Roddy Canas David Rayson John Strutton Yve Lomax Margarita Gluzberg Ansel Krut Milena Dragicevic Allison Katz Anne Duffau Sam Solomon Pam Wright Kerry MacKenzie Kim, Zoë & Vincent Coleman Special thanks to the AHRC and everyone who works to provide, support and protect arts & research funding. 5 6