The sculpture of Ruth Asawa : contours in the air

The sculpture of Ruth Asawa : contours in the air / Timothy Anglin Burgard, Daniell Cornell, Emily K. Doman Jennings [and 9 others].

"The work of American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) is brought into brilliant focus in this definitive book, originally published to accompany the first complete retrospective of Asawa's career, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in 2006. This new edition features an expan...

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Main Authors: Burgard, Timothy Anglin (Author), Hoefer, Jacqueline (Author), Higa, Karin M. (Author), Harris, Mary Emma, 1943- (Author), Terry, Colleen M. (Author), Karlstrom, Paul J. (Author), Jennings, Emily K. Dorman (Author), Ehrens, Susan (Author), Cornell, Danielle (Author), Woodbridge, Sally Byrne (Author), Kreidler, John (Author), Stauter, Susan (Author)
Other Authors: Asawa, Ruth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California : Oakland, California : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; University of California Press, [2020]
Edition:Revised edition.
Subjects:
Asawa, Ruth > Exhibitions.
Asawa, Ruth > Criticism and interpretation.
Asawa, Ruth > Themes, motives.
Sculpture, Abstract > United States > 20th century > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Metal sculpture, American > California > 20th century > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Women sculptors > California > 20th century > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Asian American women artists > California > 20th century > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword to the revised edition / Thomas P. Campbell
  • Foreword to the first edition / John E. Buchanan, Jr.
  • Introduction to the revised edition / Daniell Cornell
  • Introduction to the first edition / Daniell Cornell
  • Ruth Asawa : citizen of the universe / Timothy Anglin Burgard
  • A working life / Jacqueline Hoefer
  • Inside and outside at the same time / Karin Higa
  • Black Mountain College / Mary Emma Harris
  • "Plants, and objects, and people" : the Tamarind Lithography Workshop / Colleen Terry
  • Interview with Ruth Asawa and Albert Lanier / Paul J. Karlstrom
  • Critiquing the critique : early reception / Emily K. Doman Jennings
  • "Making it mine as well as hers" : Ruth Asawa and Imogen Cunningham / Susan Ehrens
  • The art of space : sculptural installations / Daniell Cornell
  • The Alvarado Art Workshop, 1968-1973 / Sally B. Woodbridge
  • The CETA years, 1975-1980 / John Kreidler
  • Planting the seed : the artist as mentor / Susan Stauter.

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