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What is Eva Hesse : Studiowork : Exposition présentée au Fruitmarket gallery, Edinburgh, du 05 août au 25 octobre 2009 ; Camdem arts centre, London, du 11décembre 2009 au 07 mars 2010 ; Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, du 13 mai au 01 août 2010 ; ... about?

<p><p><p>Throughout her career, Eva Hesse (1936--1970) produced a significant number of small, experimental works alongside her large-scale sculpture. These so-called &#147;test-pieces&#8221; were made in a wide range of materials, including latex, wire-mesh, sculp-metal, wax, and cheesecloth. Rather than considering them simply technical explorations, the art historian Briony Fer renames these small objects studiowork and argues that they put in question conventional notions of what sculpture is. <p>&#160;<p>The book contains a comprehensive catalogue of the studiowork, including many new works that have never before been seen in public. Although previously these small&#160;objects were considered peripheral to the major sculptures, this fascinating new study argues that they force us to ask fundamental questions, not just about what an artwork is, but about the work that art does in our culture. <p><p></p><h3>Library Journal</h3><p>Eva Hesse was an innovative sculptor, active in the 1960s, whose work has been much collected by museums. Until her untimely death in 1970, Hesse produced sculptures out of such experimental materials as string, paper, metal screen, resin, latex, and c

Author

Briony Fer; Fruitmarket gallery (Edimbourg, GB); Camden arts centre (Londres); Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelone, Espagne)

Publisher

Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery ; New Haven: Distributed by Yale University Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300134766

Subjects

Art, Arts