Ruth Asawa - Life's Work

"Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) is known for intricate crocheted-wire sculptures, a medium she explored throughout her career after first encountering it as a student at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. After graduating, Asawa moved to San Francisco and created dozens of works in wire and cast metal, among them an iconic bronze fountain--her first of many public commissions--for the city's Ghirardelli Square. Bringing together works from across Asawa's career, this expansive volume examines her output in depth and situates it within the context of 20th-century art"--

About the author

Aruna D'Souza is the former associate director of the Research and Academic Program at the Clark, and a scholar of modern and contemporary European visual culture and feminist theory.

Summary

"Doing is living. That is all that matters."--Ruth Asawa

Product details

• Authors: Tamara Schenkenberg
• Assisted by: Tamara Schenkenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780300242690
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24269-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 285 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Individual artists, art monographs, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections