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1926 Norwalk, California - 2013 San Francisco, California. Known for: Woven wire sculpture-fountains, figure drawing, graphics.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death.... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death. Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death. Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the tutelage of the artists Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Franz Kline and Josef Albers. Gaining notice in the art world while still a student, she soon began building a wider following with abstract wire... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death. Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the tutelage of the artists Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Franz Kline and Josef Albers. Gaining notice in the art world while still a student, she soon began building a wider following with abstract wire sculptures that expressed both the craftsmanship she had learned from Mexican basket makers as well as her ambition to extend line drawings into a third dimension. Many of these were hanging mobiles. In 1968 she startled her admirers by creating her... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death. Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the tutelage of the artists Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Franz Kline and Josef Albers. Gaining notice in the art world while still a student, she soon began building a wider following with abstract wire sculptures that expressed both the craftsmanship she had learned from Mexican basket makers as well as her ambition to extend line drawings into a third dimension. Many of these were hanging mobiles. In 1968 she startled her admirers by creating her first representational work, a fountain in Ghirardelli Square on San Francisco's waterfront. It had two merma... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist.
Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Published: August 17, 2013
Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death.
Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the tutelage of the artists Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Franz Kline and Josef Albers. Gaining notice in the art world while still a student, she soon began building a wider following with abstract wire sculptures that expressed both the craftsmanship she had learned from Mexican basket makers as well as her ambition to extend line drawings into a third dimension. Many of these were hanging mobiles.
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