The Afterlife of Eva Hesse’s “Expanded Expansion”

[@thomheil]

The piece is like a stand-in for the artist. It's gotten to age and stiffen over time in a way that Hesse was denied by her early death. I love the idea of her originals being shown alongside recreations, like snapshots through time.

[@ed_leonardi]

So beautiful and so important. Thank you Guggenhein!

[@Michael62nyc]

Wonderful. Thank you Guggenheim Museum.

[@alicemorrison1518]

What a sad way to find out Doug Johns passed away this year. RIP.

[@DanSwansonArt]

Conservation is fine, but considering the piece in itself is an IDEA, and also considering other artists, minimalism artists in particular had pieces fabricated, I don’t see anything wrong with re-fabricating a new version of this piece with modern materials to achieve the look, gravity and pliability that Eva intended. That dried-out, ridged thing that this piece has turned into might be original, but it’s not what the artist intended, and I’m not sure the general museum goer will understand this.

[@seriousros7280]

Did Eva wear rubber gloves? A mask? I think she would laugh. How times change similar to the materials in the artwork.

[@maritzanc]

Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this.