One Work: Eva Hesse’s “Expanded Expansion”

Delighting in internal contradiction and formal repetition—often to absurd or exaggerated effect—Eva Hesse softened Minimalism’s hard edges with pliable industrial materials that evinced her touch. In 1967, after attending a series of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) workshops, the artist
began to sculpt with rubber latex; the following year, assisted by a technician, she added fiberglass to her repertoire. The archival instability of these media—and the questio