Just as conceptualism, minimalism and rigorous geometric forms were the prevalent dialogue, EVA HESSE was in her studio creating these extraordinarily personal sculptures. While she employed grids and repetition, she used materials such as latex and fiberglass that had distinctly irregular and human properties. She was highly influential to me and her pre-mature loss from illness was a tragedy.
Recently the Hammer museum in L.A. exhibited early paintings of Hesse's that I had never seen before. They had beautiful palettes, and really told the story of how she evolved from her painting practice to sculpture, and finding her own distinct voice.
With love,
Mom