Converging Lines Analysis

There is no doubt that Eva Hesse and Sol Lewitt were close friends, and both arguably two of the most significant American artists of the Abstract Expressionist movement during the post-war war era. However, one cannot truly understand the friendship these two artists had just by reading. Throughout the exhibition, Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt, the viewer can explore the friendship in depth through each of the many pieces first hand. Eva Hess was born into a German-Jewish family on January 11, 1936 in Hamburg, Germany. Together her family fled to the United States during the rise of Nazi power. It is in New York, where she would start her artistic training, taking influence from her childhood idol, William de Kooning. Hesse
LeWitt became a pioneer in the Conceptual Art movement, and left behind Minimalism. He started his Wall Drawing Series in which he would write out a series of directions and requirements that those looking to show would receive and create themselves. These pieces emphasized the process and rules of execution rather than the final product. LeWitt was known to not feature himself alongside his Wall Drawings because he wanted people to focus on the art, and not him. Sol LeWitt unfortunately passed away in 2007 from complications with cancer, and similarly to Hesse, was also at the height of his career (Sol LeWitt). As said above, the exhibition “Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt”, is a celebration of the friendship between the two artists. It can be argued that although they supported each other’s work, they were opposites. Lewitt art focuses more on geometric forms, lines, and grids, with the purpose to push the Conceptual Art movement, where as Hesse always made the artist’s hand evident. She is also known for using unconventional objects, and having erotic and irregular