Eva Hesse at the opening reception for ‘Eccentric Abstraction,’ 1966 (photo by Norman Goldman, all images courtesy Zeitgeist Films) Telling the story of Eva Hesse’s life and work presents one major ...

The 17 thin slices of "Augment" (1968) are oriented on the floor like cold cuts packed for grocery shoppers, in a graded pile. Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland ...

Eva Hesse’s life story exudes drama. From escaping Nazi Germany at age two aboard one of the last Kindertransport trains bound for the Netherlands, to her emphatic break with the dominant mode of art ...

Eva Hesse, born in Hamburg, Germany in 1936, was a pioneering American sculptor known for her innovative use of materials and exploration of abstract forms. She emigrated to the United States with her ...

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) has long been recognized by artists and critics as a sculptor of exceptional talent and prodigious influence. The public has rarely seen her work, however, because its fragility ...

When an animal is trapped in resin, a bit of natural alchemy happens. The liquid begins to harden into an impenetrable shell. Life ends, but the creature is perfectly preserved. Under the right ...

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) is known for her sculptures that made innovative use of industrial and everyday materials. Her diaries and journals, which she kept for the entirety of her life, convey her ...

Watching Eva Hesse, I felt almost certain that I had seen artist Eva Hesse’s work somewhere. The latex and fiberglass sculptures, the thrown-about ropes and the arrangement of her shapes seemed to me ...

Two documentaries about trailblazing artists who were both dead before forty open in New York this week: Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands is informed by director Christian Braad Thomsen’s ...

Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt celebrates the close friendship between two of the most significant American artists of the postwar era: Eva Hesse (1936–1970) and Sol LeWitt (1928–2007).

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays through May 18 Where: Blanton Museum of Art, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr ...

Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click ...