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    Eva Hesse: Oh, More Absurdity

    Eva Hesse: Oh, More Absurdity

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    Eva Hesse: Oh, More Absurdity

    FromRecording Artists

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    Length:
    36 minutes
    Released:
    Nov 12, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    This episode focuses on Eva Hesse (1936–1970). Joining host Helen Molesworth are artist Mary Weatherford and art historian Darby English. Hesse is one of the most influential artists of her generation, despite having a career that lasted only ten years. In a rare 1970 recording, made only a few months before her death, Hesse discusses … Continue reading "Eva Hesse: Oh, More Absurdity"
    Released:
    Nov 12, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (14)

    What was it like to be a woman making art as the feminist and civil rights movements were transforming American society? In this first season of Recording Artists, a new podcast from the Getty, we’ll use archival interviews to explore the lives of six women artists—Alice Neel, Lee Krasner, Betye Saar, Helen Frankenthaler, Yoko Ono, and Eva Hesse. Host Helen Molesworth also speaks with contemporary artists and art historians to make sense of what it meant—and still means—to be a woman and an artist.