Rachel Whiteread
Tag: minimalism
Top: Nancy Graves, Variability of Similar Forms. 1970
Bottom: Eva Hesse, 7 Poles. 1970
In 1970, while Eva Hesse was in between hospital stays for a brain tumor, she visited her friend, fellow artist Nancy Graves, and saw a work in progress; “Variability of Similar Forms” (1970). Later, Eva played with this idea and began work on her final sculpture known as “7 Poles”. Although near the end of her life, Hesse never stopped looking for inspiration and working on new ideas.
Photo of “7 Poles” in Hesse’s Bowery studio by Chris Gianakos.
Photo of Graves “"Variability of Similar Forms” by John Winder
rachel whiteread
vitrine objects
Eva Hesse
No title, 1968
Glass-and-metal case, 6 objects (mixed media)
37 x 25.5 x 27 cm
Photo: Abby Robinson
Eva Hesse
Aught, 1968
Latex, canvas, polyethylene sheeting, rope and unidentified materials, metal grommets
Installation variable, 4 units
Installation view, Leo Castelli Warehouse, New York NY, 1968
Roni Horn
Eva Hesse, 1936-1970
Top: paper-mache mockette for Repetition Nineteen
Bottom: watercolor sketch for the above
Eva Hesse
Oomamaboomba May 1965 Tempera, enamel, rope, cord, metal, modeling compound (glue plaster, wood-shavings), particle board, wood 56 x 65 x 13 cm / 22 x 25 5/8 x 5 1/8 in
Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Roni Horn
Little Bristling Soul 