Eva Hesse, Studiowork at The Fruitmarket Gallery

The Fruitmarket Gallerys 2009 Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition is a solo presentation of the work of German-born American artist Eva Hesse, a major figure in post-war art. The exhibition is the result of new research by renowned Hesse scholar Professor Briony Fer and is curated by Fer and Barry Rosen, Director of The Estate of Eva Hesse.

Throughout her career, Eva Hesse produced a large number of small, experimental works alongside her large-scale sculpture. These objects, the so-called test pieces, were made in a wide range of materials, including latex, wire-mesh, sculp-metal, wax and cheesecloth. This exhibition proposes that rather than simply technical explorations, these small objects radically put into question conventional notions of what sculpture is. Re-naming them studioworks rather than test pieces, the exhibition and the accompanying major publication offer a timely new interpretation of Hesses historical position, as well as highlighting her relevance for contemporary art now.

This short film is an introduction to the exhibition by curator Briony Fer.

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• Briony fer
• The Fruitmarket Gallery
• Edinburgh Art Festival
• Eva Hesse
• Barry Rosen

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Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder.

I feel fortunate to see the beauty in those fabulous objects!

[Elenkhos]

One of the greatest artists of the 20th century~I love her work