Eva Hesse : sculpture / Elisabeth Sussman and Fred Wasserman ; with essays by Yve-Alain Bois, Mark Godfrey.

By:

Sussman, Elisabeth, 1939-

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Jewish Museum ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.Description: xiii, 177 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cmISBN:

0300114184
9780300114188

Subject(s):

Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970 -- Exhibitions

DDC classification:

730.92 HES

Contents:

Eva Hesse: Sculpture 1968 / Elisabeth Sussman -- Dumb / Yve-Alain Bois -- A string of nots: Eva Hesse\'s hanging sculpture / Mark Godfrey -- Plates -- Building a childhood memory: the diaries of Eva Hesse\'s early years / Fred Wasserman -- Chronology of Eva Hesse\'s life / Beth Turk.

Summary: The work of sculptor Eva Hesse (1936-1970), 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. Her latex and fiberglass sculptures in particular have a resonance that transcends the boundaries of minimalist art in which she had her roots. Hesse\'s breakthrough solo exhibition - Chain Polymers at the Fischbach Gallery in New York in 1968 - was a turning point in postwar American art. Eva Hesse: Sculpture focuses on the artist\'s large-scale sculptures in latex and fiberglass and provides a rare opportunity to look at Hesse\'s artistic achievement within the historical context of her life in never-before-seen family diaries and photographs. Essays consider Hesse\'s art from a variety of angles: Elisabeth Sussman discusses the sculptures shown in the 1968 solo exhibition; Fred Wasserman delves into the Hesse family\'s life in Nazi Germany and in the German Jewish community in New York in the 1940s; Yve-Alain Bois examines Hesse\'s works within the context of the art and aesthetic theories of the 1960s; and Mark Godfrey analyses the importance of Hesse\'s celebrated hanging sculptures of 1969-70. In addition to colour reproductions of the artist\'s sculpture, the book features a copiously illustrated chronology of the artist\'s life.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	730.92 HES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100398669

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The work of Eva Hesse (1936-1970), 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. Her latex and fiberglass sculptures in particular have a resonance that transcends the boundaries of minimalist art in which she had her roots. Hesse's breakthrough solo exhibition-- Chain Polymers at the Fischbach Gallery in New York in 1968--was a turning point in postwar American art.
Eva Hesse: Sculpture focuses on the artist's large-scale sculptures in latex and fiberglass and provides a rare opportunity to look at Hesse's artistic achievement within the historical context of her life in never-before-seen family diaries and photographs. Essays consider Hesse's art from a variety of angles: Elisabeth Sussman discusses the sculptures shown in the 1968 solo exhibition; Fred Wasserman delves into the Hesse family's life in Nazi Germany and in the German Jewish community in New York in the 1940s; Yve-Alain Bois examines Hesse's works within the context of the art and aesthetic theories of the 1960s; and Mark Godfrey analyzes the importance of Hesse's celebrated hanging sculptures of 1969-70. In addition to color reproductions of the artist's sculpture, the book features a copiously illustrated chronology of the artist's life.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Eva Hesse: Sculpture, organized by the Jewish Museum and presented from May 12 to September 17, 2006--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index.

The work of sculptor Eva Hesse (1936-1970), 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. Her latex and fiberglass sculptures in particular have a resonance that transcends the boundaries of minimalist art in which she had her roots. Hesse\'s breakthrough solo exhibition - Chain Polymers at the Fischbach Gallery in New York in 1968 - was a turning point in postwar American art. Eva Hesse: Sculpture focuses on the artist\'s large-scale sculptures in latex and fiberglass and provides a rare opportunity to look at Hesse\'s artistic achievement within the historical context of her life in never-before-seen family diaries and photographs. Essays consider Hesse\'s art from a variety of angles: Elisabeth Sussman discusses the sculptures shown in the 1968 solo exhibition; Fred Wasserman delves into the Hesse family\'s life in Nazi Germany and in the German Jewish community in New York in the 1940s; Yve-Alain Bois examines Hesse\'s works within the context of the art and aesthetic theories of the 1960s; and Mark Godfrey analyses the importance of Hesse\'s celebrated hanging sculptures of 1969-70. In addition to colour reproductions of the artist\'s sculpture, the book features a copiously illustrated chronology of the artist\'s life.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Elisabeth Sussman is an independent curator living in New York.

(Bowker Author Biography)