Seven European women artists brought together by Sébastien Gokalp share their views on Eva Hesse, a major figure of the 20th century.
Sébastien Gokalp (born 1970 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is director of the Musée de Grenoble. Heritage curator in chief, with a PhD in history, Gokalp was director of the Musée National de l'Histoire de l'Immigration, Paris, 2019–23. Curator in chief at the Fondation Louis Vuitton from 2017 to 2019, he curated
A Vision for Painting, 2019 and
Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World, 2020. Curator at the Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, from 2008 to 2016, he curated exhibitions on Larry Clark, Robert Crumb,
Lucio Fontana,
Andy Warhol, and
Carl Andre, as well as two exhibitions for SAM Arts projects:
Inci Eviner: Broken Manifestos, 2011 and
Eko Nugroho: Témoin hybride, 2012. He writes on contemporary artists. He taught at the École du Louvre, 2009–16, and at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2021–23.
Transcending the aesthetic categories and currents of her time, the German-born American artist Eva Hesse (1936–1970) revolutionized the very concept of sculpture with her use of unconventional materials. Her dazzling, prolific body of work has had a considerable influence ever since.
