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Ruth Asawa : life's work / edited by Tamara H. Schenkenberg ; essays by Aruna D'Souza, Helen Molesworth, and Tamara H. Schenkenberg.

Contributor(s): Publisher: St. Louis, MO : Pulitzer Arts Foundation ; New Haven, CT : in association with Yale University Press, [2019]Description: 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 x 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300242690
  • 0300242697
Contained works:
  • Asawa, Ruth. Works. Selections
Subject(s):
Contents:
Life's work / Tamara H. Schenkenberg -- "San Francisco Housewife and Mother" / Helen Molesworth -- Transparency and its other / Aruna D'Souza -- Plates -- Evolution of form.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Monographs Room ASA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10471

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Sept. 14, 2018-Feb. 16, 2019, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Life's work / Tamara H. Schenkenberg -- "San Francisco Housewife and Mother" / Helen Molesworth -- Transparency and its other / Aruna D'Souza -- Plates -- Evolution of form.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.