Umfang:
158 Seiten
ISBN:
9780300242690
Inhalt:
"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"--
Inhalt:
Life's work / Tamara H. Schenkenberg -- "San Francisco Housewife and Mother" / Helen Molesworth -- Transparency and its other / Aruna D'Souza -- Plates -- Evolution of form
Anmerkung:
Impressum: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Ruth Asawa - life's work, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, September 14, 2018-February 16, 2019, Saint Louis, MO
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Kunstgeschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Asawa, Ruth 1926-2013
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Objektkunst
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Geflecht
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Bildband
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