The 2019 issue of the Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin includes new scholarship by Frauke V. Josenhans and Cynthia Schwarz on Hedda Sterne’s interest in the material aspect of her work and technique itself. From the authors:
[Hedda Sterne] would apply various layers of paint, for example, only to scrape parts of it away, and she used both traditional and atypical tools to do so. Whether she was drawing or painting, the sheets and canvases bear testimony to her relentless reworking of the surface. Her oeuvre underscores her continuous quest not for perfection or success but for understanding and grasping her surroundings, often through radical shifts from one style to another. Sterne was very much in advance of her time, embracing the use of unconventional processes and commercial products, thus pushing the boundaries of painting. This article examines two of her works—an untitled painting from 1946 and Tondo—to shed light on her unique approach and artistic practice.
'“‘The Importance of the Spaces ‘Inbetween’ in Painting’: A Close Look at Hedda Sterne’s Artistic Process”
By Frauke V. Josenhans and Cynthia Schwarz
Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 2019
Pages 21-29
Paperback ISSN 0084-3539
