Eva Hesse, Rope Piece, 1970 activates the space and reinforces the three dimensional form almost taking the expressive aesthetic of Pollock and making it literal; could be interpreted as his drips, but in three dimensions. Considered a post minimalist; while she shares some similarity with minimalists, she challenges typical conventions. Uses a lot of natural materials; if the materials are synthetic, then she uses them in such a way to make them look organic.   This is what stands her apart from minimalists; instead of geometric, inorganic shapes, she makes work that is more natural and organic.

Eva Hesse, Rope Piece, 1970

  • activates the space and reinforces the three dimensional form
  • almost taking the expressive aesthetic of Pollock and making it literal; could be interpreted as his drips, but in three dimensions.
  • Considered a post minimalist; while she shares some similarity with minimalists, she challenges typical conventions.
  • Uses a lot of natural materials; if the materials are synthetic, then she uses them in such a way to make them look organic.  
  • This is what stands her apart from minimalists; instead of geometric, inorganic shapes, she makes work that is more natural and organic.
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during my first ever survey of western art class, my professor explained the difference between historians and art historians. historians, she said, were interested in old things. art historians, on the other hand, were interested in old things of quality. you don't hang garbage up on the walls of a museum; it has to be substantial and it has to mean something. so here you go; old things, made mostly by dudes long dead, of debatable degrees of quality but always with a constant level of importance. think of this as a deck of flash cards... sans the whole cards part.

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