Eva Hesse was associated with the mid-1960s postminimal anti-form trend in sculpture. She participated in a number of exhibits including "Eccentric Abstraction" and "Abstract Inflationism and Stuffed Expressionism" (both 1966). In 1968 Eva Hesse began teaching at the School of Visual Arts. Her only one-person show of sculpture in her lifetime was held at the Fischbach Gallery. “Expanded Expansion” was exhibited at the Whitney Museum in the 1969.
Except for fiberglass, most of her favored materials age badly, so much of her work presents conservators with an enormous challenge. In 1969 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her death in 1970 ended a career spanning only ten years.
