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Eva Hesse

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This is a beautiful volume on Hesse. Elizabeth Sussman, a wonderful curator and Hesse scholar, organized this exhibition and this is the catalogue. The design, images and layout are just wonderful, the only thing that is somewhat off is the concentration on her earlier work. Her paintings especially are widely featured and those are not nearly as transcendent and absolute as her later work. Her great accomplishment as a major artist was done when she "left" the canvas. The book does not present it as such; I find Lippard's book "Eva Hesse" to be the very best available. This, however, still has the best reproductions and it is a definitive book for all of us who admire Eva Hesse.

I, too, say "Thank you" to Eva Hesse and to the people who mounted the show and produced this catalog. I went to SFMOMA to see the major Edward Weston show and spent most of my time being captured by Eva Hesse. I've been back twice for each show.

The Sixties were full of new ideas in art and most were more noisy than Eva Hesse. So, we didn't see enough of her and she really didn't receive the recognition due her in this country. This book is a small step to redress that oversight.

Eva Hess was out on a limb and her work is about as easy to show as a rainstorm. It is a measure of how good she is that the show for this catalog was done so well. This catalog is up to its task.

A very moving and thought provoking show. This catalog will help keep her delicate adventure alive and spawn more Eva Hesses. If you are lucky it will get you to the show, then back to the book to think about this very "material girl", her personal life and perhaps what you should be doing with yours.

It is worth mentioning to those who don't know Hesse's work that this current show will most likely be the last that some of her work will survive. If you want to see it, do it now.

Eva Hesse was a strong figure in the development of postwar international art and created a variety of works in different mediums. While her life has received prior focus, this title provides critical attention to her art with a lavish catalogue which reveals her working methods, materials, philosophy and works: the first comprehensive examination since her last exhibition in 1972. A 'must' for libraries featuring catalogues of modern artists.

I have just viewed a beautiful Eva Hesse retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and this book is a catalogue of that exhibit. Eva Hesse was exceptionally talanted, innovative artist, associated freely with what is described as Minimalism. She considerably expanded horizons of our thinking of modern art, introducing new textures, such as latex and fiberglass, presenting her highly original, personal vision with rare integrity and also intensity. The exhibit provides a fascinating survey of her carreer: from early Expressionist paintings to collages made from found objects to mature sculptures which challange viewers' notions of artifact, museum space and artistic performance. I think the book preserves the best experience from that show and combines it with interesting, sometimes thought-provoking essays on Hesse by observant art critics. It is invaluable as a source on Hesse, Minimalism and, more broadly, international artistic scene of the 60s, of which Eva Hesse was one of the prime, crucial figures.

I really appreciate the work of this artist who I only found out about recently. The essays in this book are full of details of the artist's process and pursuit of a pure vision while living in the U.S. and in Europe. She had a hard time being taken seriously in the early days but she persisted in her work--thankfully for all of us. The interviews with her are fascinating and show her internal struggle as she was developing a creative direction. Great catalogue!

i think this is a very tastefull book, it's exellent!
I dont want to review this book, just thank eva hesse for that wanderfull gift.