‘There’s a kind of magic to her work’: Maren Hassinger’s one-of-a-kind sculptures

The artist has her most significant retrospective to date in a new exhibition that encourages attenders to take part For 50 years, the American artist Maren Hassinger has created fascinating site-specific sculptures out of the simplest of actions: tying a square knot, twisting metal into organic shapes, blowing breath into a plastic bag, walking through a room. With Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing, the Berkeley Art Museum (BAMPFA) offers a suitably comprehensive, yet ephemeral retrospective, recreating her most celebrated works, documenting her many performances, and even bringing audie

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