{"product_id":"ruth-asawa-9780300278859","title":"Ruth Asawa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark survey of the wide-ranging practice of one of the twentieth century's most innovative artists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest known for her sinuous looped-wire sculptures, \u003cem\u003eRuth Asawa\u003c\/em\u003e (1926–2013) used everyday materials to create endlessly innovative works in a variety of media over her more than six-decade-long career. From her student days at the experimental Black Mountain College in the 1940s through her mature years in her adopted home city of San Francisco, her work spanned a vast array of techniques and styles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis extensively illustrated volume explores the astonishing expansiveness of Asawa's work. It details her abstract looped-wire sculptures that garnered national attention in the 1950s, as well as her nature-inspired tied-wire pieces, clay and bronze casts, paperfolds, paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, and prints. The book delves into how her longtime San Francisco home and garden served as the epicentre of her creative practice. It also highlights the ethos of collaboration and inclusivity that informed her numerous public sculpture commissions and her unwavering dedication to arts advocacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEssays and other writings consider Asawa and her work within the context of modern abstract sculpture, through the lens of craft and the materiality of wire, and in relation to her Asian American identity and personal history as a Japanese American who was incarcerated with her family during World War II. Focus texts illuminate the connections between Asawa and key artistic figures such as Josef Albers, Imogen Cunningham, and R. Buckminster Fuller, with whom she maintained enduring relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n(April 5–September 2, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Museum of Modern Art, New York\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n(October 19, 2025–February 7, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n(March 20–September 13, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFondation Beyeler, Riehen\/Basel, Switzerland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n(October 18, 2026–January 24, 2027)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427724411116,"sku":"9780300278859","price":119.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300278859.jpg?v=1774767402","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ruth-asawa-9780300278859","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}