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Timothy Anglin Burgard The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa, Second Edition (Paperback). Title: The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa, Second Edition. Contributor: Timothy Anglin Burgard (Edited by), Daniell Cornell (Edited by). Author: Timothy Anglin Burgard. Contributors include Susan Ehrens, Mary Emma Harris, Karin Higa, Jacqueline Hoefer, Emily K. Doman Jennings, Paul J. Karlstrom, John Kreidler, Susan Stauter, Colleen Terry, and Sally B. Woodbridge. Further DetailsTitle: The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa, Second Edition Condition: New Contributor: Timothy Anglin Burgard (Edited by), Daniell Cornell (Edited by) Subtitle: Contours in the Air Author: Timothy Anglin Burgard EAN: 9780520304840 ISBN: 9780520304840 Publisher: University of California Press Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0520304845 Genre: Society & Culture Topic: Social Sciences, Arts & Photography Release Date: 07/14/2020 Item Height: 279mm Item Length: 241mm Item Width: 20mm Item Weight: 1497g Language: English Description: An expanded edition of the definitive book on Ruth Asawa’s fascinating life and her lasting contributions to American art. 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 expanded collection of essays and a detailed illustrated chronology that explore Asawa's fascinating life and her lasting contributions to American art. Beginning with her earliest works—drawings and paintings created in the 1940s while she was studying at Black Mountain College—this beautiful volume traces Asawa’s flourishing career in San Francisco and her trajectory as a pioneering modernist sculptor who is recognized internationally for her innovative wire sculptures, public commissions, and activism on behalf of public arts education. Through her lifelong experimentations with wire, especially its capacity to balance open and closed forms, Asawa invented a powerful vocabulary that contributed a unique perspective to the field of twentieth-century abstract sculpture. Working in a variety of nontraditional media, Asawa performed a series of remarkable metamorphoses, leading viewers into a deeper awareness of natural forms by revealing their structural properties. Through her art, Asawa transfigured the commonplace into metaphors for life processes themselves. The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa establishes the importance of Asawa’s work within a larger cultural context of artists who redefined art as a way of thinking and acting in the world, rather than as merely a stylistic practice. This updated edition includes a new introduction and more than fifty new images, as well as original essays that reflect on the impact of American political history on Asawa's artistic vision, her experience with printmaking, and her friendship with photographer Imogen Cunningham. Contributors include Susan Ehrens, Mary Emma Harris, Karin Higa, Jacqueline Hoefer, Emily K. Doman Jennings, Paul J. Karlstrom, John Kreidler, Susan Stauter, Colleen Terry, and Sally B. Woodbridge. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF). Country/Region of Manufacture: US Release Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
