biography
pronunciation:
[hes]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1936–70)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, born in Hamburg, N Germany. Her family emigrated to the USA in 1939, and settled in New York City. She studied at the Pratt Institute, New York, and at Cooper Union. From 1965 she worked in a variety of unusual materials, including rubber, plastic, string, and polythene. These were made into hauntingly bizarre objects designed to rest on the floor or against a wall or even be suspended from the ceiling. Her unconventional techniques and imaginative work exerted a strong influence on later sculptors. |
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