In a letter written to her close friend sol lewitt, hesse described this work as looking like a breast and a penis. Hesse was born into a family of observant jews in hamburg, germany, on january 11, 1936. The work of eva hesse 19361970, one of the greatest american artists of. Sculpture by eva hesse, titled repetition nineteen iii and exhibited at the jewish museum ny. Eva hesse january 11, 1936 may 29, 1970, was a jewish germanborn american sculptor, known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. Although she began her creative life in painting, at the age of 28 she switched to sculpture, a medium in which she gained a significant reputation in the 6 years before she died, thanks to. The book features important, recently rediscovered working drawings, providing an intimate look at hesses everyday practice and methodology.
Eva hesse is recognized as one of the most innovative and potent artists to emerge in new york in the fertile 1960s. The work of eva hesse 19361970, one of the greatest american artists of the 1960s, continues to inspire and to endure in large part because of its deeply emotional and evocative qualities. Eva hesse paintings 19601964 by kozloff, max and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. These two lavishly produced volumes are the first in a major new publishing initiative.
Hesse is a serious marker in the history of modern sculpture, both as an artist and as a woman who was an artist. One of the first to work with synthetic materials like fiberglass, latex, and plastic, eva hesse is bestknown for her innovative sculptures, dubbed postminimalist for the time and style in which they were made. Eva hesse paintings for sale eva hesse art value price guide. Elisabeth sussman discusses the sculptures shown in the 1968 solo exhibition. Eva hesse 34 artworks sculpture visual art encyclopedia. Hesse also used techniques traditionally associated with feminine occupations, such as wrapping, winding, and threading.
During her toobrief career hesse created 5 paintings and 176 sculptures, objects. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Many of eva hesss sculptures were made using ephemeral materials but this book. Sometimes a career doesnt have to be long to have an impact. See more ideas about eva hesse, sculpture and sculpture art. In new york in the 1960s, hesse was among a group of artists, including robert morris, bruce nauman, richard serra and robert smithson, who engaged materials that were originally soft and flexible. I dont see her as a martyr but as a brave pioneer who left us with beautiful art. The artist eva hesse is known for her postmodern sculpture, which pushed the art world past the boundaries of abstract expressionism and minimalism. During her career, hesse created 5 paintings and 176 sculptures, objects, and test pieces. Her material and formal inventions, with their sensuous and emotional extremes, were balanced by an active.
Eva hesse, germanborn american painter and sculptor known for using unusual materials such as rubber tubing, fibreglass, synthetic resins, cord, cloth, and wire. Legs of a walking ball eva hesse 1965 ringaround arosie eva hesse 1965 study for or after legs of a walking ball eva hesse 1965. Eva hesse was a germanborn american artist whose innovative sculptural installations composed of textiles, latex, and fiberglass ushered in a new conceptual era of sculpture in the 1960s. The book features important, recently rediscovered working drawings, providing an intimate look. As if giving birth to another dimension in her own work, this first relief by hesse is an important landmark in her evolving path from painting to socalled eccentric sculpture. As lippard points out, hesses use of obsessive repetition in her works s. Hesse had a prolific yet short career, and her influence since her death at age 34 has been widespread.
Her work combined the seriality and reductionism of 1960s minimalism with emotion, sensuousness and. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Hang up 1966 the seemingly simple addition of the long metal rod to a canvas in hang up dramatically transformed a painting into a sculpture, symbolizing the artists own transition from working in two to three dimensions. Eva hesse, a pivotal figure in the development of postwar international art, created paintings, sculpture, and works on paper that were striking in their beauty and playful sensibility. Many of these works had sexual and organic imagery and reflected the terrors of her early childhood in nazi germany. Eva hesse art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Her work was original and her influence unquestionable.
An artists fame may continue, or even grow, as the actual works on which it is. Eva hesse 193670 was one of the foremost artists of the 20th century. Eva hesses use of unconventional materials, such as rubber, cord, translucent fiberglass, and latex, made her one of the most original and influential sculptors of the 1960s. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. See more ideas about eva hesse, yale school of art and artist. The books and articles below constitute a bibliography of the sources used in. Eva hesse s use of unconventional materials, such as rubber, cord, translucent fiberglass, and latex, made her one of the most original and influential sculptors of the 1960s. Life and art of eva hesse, postmodern sculpture pioneer. Her latex and fiberglass sculptures in particular have a resonance that transcends the boundaries of minimalist art in which she had her roots. Empowered by all the happenings in her personal life, both good and bad. In this lesson, learn about jewish artist eva hesse, who in ten short years developed new paths for sculpture. Lucy lippard is the author of a number of seminal works on contemporary art and artists, including.
She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s. Having fled her native germany during the rise of nazism, hesse was originally schooled in american abstract painting and commercial design practices. Essays consider hesses art from a variety of angles. Eva hesse auction price results eva hesse 19361970 please registerlogin to access your invaluable alerts. With recent major exhibitions in san francisco, london, and wiesbaden, hesses tremendous contribution to the art world of the 1960s and 70s is now recognized by scholars and the general public alike.
Sculpture focuses on the artists largescale sculptures in latex and. Modes of abstraction in painting, sculpture, and photography today, 1987 literature lucy lippard, eva hesse, new york, 1976, fig. Eva hesse in her home and studio at 4 bowery, new york, untitled, eva hesse eva was a german born american sculptor, kno. Lucy lippard s intent is obviously to convey as much true information about the art and the artist, and her prose is clear and accessible, thankfully devoid from the elaborate and often pompous terms so often used when talking about art.
Reacting to the rigidity and uniformity of minimalism, hesses sculptural forms appear soft, slack, and uneven, conveying a human sensibility. Kirsten swenson, a contributor to the new book, eva hesse 1965, edited by barry rosen, writes here on the artists important transitions beginning in the last five years of her short life, as hesse changed media from drawing and painting to sculpting the works for which she is so widely known kirsten swenson the sculptures made by eva hesse beginning in late 1965 up to the time of her. I open my new book to bring forth a new chapter of wisdom, hopes, joys fears, she wrote. See more ideas about eva hesse, sculpture art and sculpture. Buy and sell signed multiples and original paintings at fair prices on llery. In retrospect, the entry reads as something of a thesis for hesses profoundly influential practice. Painting and sculpture eva hesse has 24 works online.
Eva hesse january 11, 1936 may 29, 1970 was a germanborn american sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. Eva hesse artist, fine art prices, auction records for. Revealed here are 28 previously unknown paintings, including works that date from her time as an art student at yale university. The work of eva hesse 19361970 has been the focus of growing attention over the past few decades.
This is a book ive been anticipating for years, but in another sense, its not the. Eva hesse worked with simple materials to suggest a wide range of organic. A sculptor who celebrated the absurd by joining unlikely objects, eva hesse made pieces with rubber tubing, synthetic resins, cord, cloth, wire, papiermache and wood. Combines a biography of the american paintersculptor who died at. Eva hesse drawing is the first book to explore her drawing process, following her work from drawing to painting and sculpture, and always back to drawing. Catalogue raisonne, 2 volume set paintings and sculpture. She was not quite three years old when, together with her sister helen, she was put on a childrens. Book art female painters yale school of art drawing. Eva hesse is one of the most renowned american artists to come of age in the immediate aftermath of the abstract expressionists. New york, leo castelli gallery and sonnabend gallery, similiadissimilia. Acclaimed for her pioneering use of such materials as fiberglass, plastics and latex, eva hesse was a sculptor and painter, regarded as a central figure of. The quirky, american painter and sculptor eva hesse was a pioneer of postmodernist art, whose short life ended tragically just as she began to gain recognition in the american art world.
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