Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse

105 mins | Documentary | April 27, 2016

German American artist Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) created her innovative art in latex and fiberglass in the whirling aesthetic vortex of 1960s New York. Her flowing forms were in part a reaction to the rigid structures of then-popular minimalism, a male-dominated movement. Hesse’s complicated personal life encompassed not only a chaotic 1930s Germany, but also illness and the immigrant culture of New York in the 1940s. One of the twentieth century’s most intriguing artists, she finally receives her due in this film, an emotionally gripping journey with a gifted woman of great courage.

Eva Hesse

105 mins | Documentary | April 27, 2016

Eva Hesse
German American artist Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) created her innovative art in latex and fiberglass in the whirling aesthetic vortex of 1960s New York. Her flowing forms were in part a reaction to the rigid structures of then-popular minimalism, a male-dominated movement. Hesse’s complicated personal life encompassed not only a chaotic 1930s Germany, but also illness and the immigrant culture of New York in the 1940s. One of the twentieth century’s most intriguing artists, she finally receives her due in this film, an emotionally gripping journey with a gifted woman of great courage.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers
Original title Eva Hesse
Directors Marcie Begleiter
Writers Marcie Begleiter

Cast

Selma Blair

as Eva Hesse (voice)

Bob Balaban

as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)

Patrick Kennedy

as Sol Lewitt (voice)

Tom Doyle

as Self

Werner Nekes

as Self