Film

Eva Hesse

2016 · 1h 45m · Documentary

IMDb

7.0

Rotten Tomatoes

81%

Metacritic

69

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.

Selma Blair

Eva Hesse (voice)

Bob Balaban

Wilhelm Hesse (voice)

Patrick Kennedy

Sol Lewitt (voice)

Tom Doyle

Self

Werner Nekes

Self

• Marcie BegleiterWriter · Producer · Director
• Karen S. ShapiroProducer
• Nancy SchreiberDirector of Photography
• Azin SamariEditor

Release date

April 27, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Documentary

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