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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schenkenberg, Tamara H., editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

D'Souza, Aruna, writer of supplementary textual content.

Molesworth, Helen, 1966- writer of supplementary textual content.

Pulitzer Arts Foundation, sponsoring body, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asawa, Ruth--Exhibitions.

Asawa, Ruth--Criticism and interpretation.

Asawa, Ruth.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 x 25 cm

Place of Publication:

St. Louis, MO : Pulitzer Arts Foundation ; New Haven, CT : in association with Yale University Press, [2019]

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.

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.

Notes:

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.

Contains:

Asawa, Ruth. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9780300242690

0300242697

OCLC:

1053591066