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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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Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Fountain Sculpture
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Brass
- •Bronze
- •Copper, Coppersmithing
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wire
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Art Teacher
- •Anni Albers
- •Franz Kline
- •Josef Albers
Art School
- •Black Mountain College, North Carolina, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •In Japanese Internment Camp, USA World War II
- •Mural Specialty
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Japanese
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts