The sculpture of Ruth Asawa : contours in the air
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The sculpture of Ruth Asawa : contours in the air
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , University of California Press, c2006
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Catalogue of the exhibition held at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young, 18 November 2006-28 January 2007, at the Japanese American Museum in Los Angeles, Spring 2007 and Japan Society, New York Fall 2007
Other authors: Emily K. Doman Jennings, Mary Emma Harris, Karin Higa, Jacqueline Hoefer, Paul J. Karlstrom, John Kreidler, Susan Stauter, Sally B. Woodbridge
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780520250444
Description
The scope and stature of Ruth Asawa's work are brought into brilliant focus in this superb book, created to accompany the first complete retrospective of the artist's career. Beginning with her earliest works - drawings and paintings created in the 1940s while studying at Black Mountain College - this beautifully illustrated volume traces Asawa's trajectory as a pioneering modernist sculptor who is recognized nationally for her wire sculpture, public commissions, and activism in education and the arts. "The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa" establishes the importance of Asawa's work within the larger national context of artists who redefined art as a way of thinking and acting in the world rather than as merely a stylistic practice. A chronology and a collection of essays by noted scholars highlight Asawa's complex relationship to American art and Asian American history and provide engrossing biographical information. In her lifelong experimentations with wire, especially its capacity to balance open and closed forms, Asawa invented a powerful new vocabulary.
Committed to enhancing the quality of daily life through art produced within the home, she contributed a unique perspective to the formal explorations of twentieth-century abstract sculpture. Working in a variety of non-traditional media, Asawa performed a series of uncanny metamorphoses, leading viewers into a deeper awareness of natural forms by revealing their structural properties. Through her artistic practice, Asawa reconnects with the Buddhist ethos of her parents, transforming the commonplace into metaphors for life processes themselves.
Table of Contents
Foreword and Acknowledgments John E. Buchanan, Jr. 1. Ruth Asawa: A Working Life Jaqueline Hoefer 2. Black Mountain College Mary Emma Harris 3. Ruth Asawa as an American Artist of Asian Heritage Karin Higa 4. Ruth Asawa and the Art of Installation Daniell Cornell 5. The Alvarado Art Workshop, 1968-1973 Sally Woodbridge 6. Ruth Asawa: The CETA Years, 1975-1980 John Kriedler 7. Planting the Seed: The Artist as Mentor Susan Stauter 8. Ruth Asawa: A Timeline Emily Doman Bibliography Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780520250451
Description
The scope and stature of Ruth Asawa's work are brought into brilliant focus in this superb book, created to accompany the first complete retrospective of the artist's career. Beginning with her earliest works--drawings and paintings created in the 1940s while studying at Black Mountain College--this beautifully illustrated volume traces Asawa's trajectory as a pioneering modernist sculptor who is recognized nationally for her wire sculpture, public commissions, and activism in education and the arts. The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa establishes the importance of Asawa's work within the larger national context of artists who redefined art as a way of thinking and acting in the world rather than as merely a stylistic practice. A chronology and a collection of essays by noted scholars highlight Asawa's complex relationship to American art and Asian American history and provide engrossing biographical information. In her lifelong experimentations with wire, especially its capacity to balance open and closed forms, Asawa invented a powerful new vocabulary.
Committed to enhancing the quality of daily life through art produced within the home, she contributed a unique perspective to the formal explorations of twentieth-century abstract sculpture. Working in a variety of non-traditional media, Asawa performed a series of uncanny metamorphoses, leading viewers into a deeper awareness of natural forms by revealing their structural properties. Through her artistic practice, Asawa reconnects with the Buddhist ethos of her parents, transforming the commonplace into metaphors for life processes themselves. Essays by Daniell Cornell, Emily Doman, Mary Emma Harris, Karin Higa, Jacqueline Hoefer, John Kriedler, Susan Stauter, and Sally Woodbridge Copub: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Table of Contents
Foreword and Acknowledgments John E. Buchanan, Jr. 1. Ruth Asawa: A Working Life Jaqueline Hoefer 2. Black Mountain College Mary Emma Harris 3. Ruth Asawa as an American Artist of Asian Heritage Karin Higa 4. Ruth Asawa and the Art of Installation Daniell Cornell 5. The Alvarado Art Workshop, 1968--1973 Sally Woodbridge 6. Ruth Asawa: The CETA Years, 1975--1980 John Kriedler 7. Planting the Seed: The Artist as Mentor Susan Stauter 8. Ruth Asawa: A Timeline Emily Doman Bibliography Index
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