Eva Hesse (1936 - 1970): Returning to the Source? 10/13/2021

Watch a conversation about Eva Hesse’s art and familial background, featuring Eva Hesse’s sister Helen Charash and Dr. Ori Z Soltes, Teaching Professor at Georgetown University in Washington DC, moderated by Rachel Stern, Director and CEO of the Fritz Ascher Society in New York.
Eva Hesse arrived to the United States as a 3-year-old, was raised in a community largely of Holocaust survivors, and by her Twenties was a rising star on the New York art scene, contributing a unique voice to the shaping of post-Abstract Expressionist art. A key turning point in her innovative art was a return visit to Germany on an artist fellowship. How do we understand the work of this brilliant figure whose life suddenly ended, from brain cancer, at the age of 34?
This event is part of the virtual project "Identity, Art and Migration" organized by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art in New York: migration.fritzaschersociety.org.
Generously sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York.
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[@tboutelle1]

Such devotion to Eva's legacy. Thank you Helen!

[@fritzaschersociety1130]

Couldn't agree more!

[@elainemcginnartist]

inspiring and insightful, I love the title "return to the source" especially relevant to the traumas of war and the true values of art. Respect to the family who never abandoned her.

[@fritzaschersociety1130]

Very true

[@marxamuel]

Love

[@fritzaschersociety1130]

Thank you