Summary Of An Interview With Eva Hesse

In An Interview with Eva Hesse, Cindy Nemser posed questions to Eva Hesse over several topics spanning from influences, materials, and how her work has changed over time. During the interview, in response to Nemser’s questions, Hesse suggests multiple times how she believes that her life and her art are firmly entwined. While she takes the process of making art seriously, she values more, the examination and presentation of the “idea” she wants to create. When Nemser inquired if Hesse identified with any specific schools of painting, Hesse confessed that she felt very close to Carl Andre. She stated though, that Andre believed that an artist “can’t confuse life and art.” Hesse disagreed with that statement and admitted to Nemser that she