Eva Hesse – Život Interrupted: The Poetic Vulnerability of Eva Hesse Eva Hesse’s story is one of profound displacement and a relentless pursuit of artistic expression in the face of personal tragedy. Born in Hamburg, Germany (1936), her early life was irrevocably altered by the looming shadow of Nazism. Fleeing persecution, her family sought refuge in the United States in 1938, an act that would forever shape Hesse’s identity as a displaced person navigating two worlds. This sense of rootlessness, coupled with the emotional trauma of her parents' separation and her mother’s subsequent suicid…