20%OFF
Irrational Judgments: Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, and 1960s New York
Kirsten Swenson
€ 50.44
€ 40.40
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Irrational Judgments: Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, and 1960s New York
Hardback. An intimate study of the friendship and creative dialogue between two artists, offering an in-depth understanding of their work and the upheavals of 1960s New York Num Pages: 200 pages, 33 color + 46 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 810.
An intimate study of the friendship and creative dialogue between two artists, offering an in-depth understanding of their work and the upheavals of 1960s New York
Irrational Judgments examines the close friendship and significant exchange of ideas between Eva Hesse (1936–1970) and Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) in New York City during the 1960s. Taking its title from LeWitt’s statement “Irrational judgments lead to new experience,” this book examines the breakthroughs of the artists’ intertwined careers, offering a new understanding of minimal, post-minimal, and conceptual art amid the era’s political and social upheavals.
Kirsten Swenson offers the first ... Read more
An intimate study of the friendship and creative dialogue between two artists, offering an in-depth understanding of their work and the upheavals of 1960s New York
Irrational Judgments examines the close friendship and significant exchange of ideas between Eva Hesse (1936–1970) and Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) in New York City during the 1960s. Taking its title from LeWitt’s statement “Irrational judgments lead to new experience,” this book examines the breakthroughs of the artists’ intertwined careers, offering a new understanding of minimal, post-minimal, and conceptual art amid the era’s political and social upheavals.
Kirsten Swenson offers the first ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
809g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300211566
SKU
V9780300211566
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kirsten Swenson
Kirsten Swenson is assistant professor of art history, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Reviews for Irrational Judgments: Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, and 1960s New York
“Kirsten Swenson presents a nuanced argument of the period and the artists, and she places the relationship between LeWitt and Hesse at the center of it.”—Elisabeth Sussman, Whitney Museum of American Art “Kirsten Swenson presents a nuanced argument of the period and the artists, and she places the relationship between LeWitt and Hesse at the center of it.”—Elisabeth Sussman, Whitney ... Read more