Irrational Judgments : Yale University Press : 9780300211566 : 0300211562 : 03 Nov 2015 : An intimate study of the friendship and creative dialogue between two artists, offering an in-depth understanding of their work and the upheavals of 1960s New York Irrational Judgments examines the close friendship and significant exchange of ideas between Eva Hesse (1936?1970) and Sol LeWitt (1928?2007) in New York City during the 1960s. Taking its title from LeWitt's statement ?Irrational judgments lead to new experience,? this book examines the breakthroughs of the artists' intertwined careers, offering a new understanding of minimal, post-minimal, and conceptual art amid the era's political and social upheavals.   Kirsten Swenson offers the first in-depth discussion of the early critical developments of each artist: LeWitt's turn from commercial design to fine art, and Hesse's move from expressionist painting to reliefs and sculpture. Bringing together a wealth of documents, interviews, and i