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Ruth Asawa : through line

Title
Ruth Asawa : through line / edited by Kim Conaty and Edouard Kopp ; with contributions by Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, Jordan Troeller, Scout Hutchinson, Kirtsten Marples, Isabel Bird.
Author
Asawa, Ruth
Publication
  • Houston : The Menil Collection ; New York : Whitney Museum of American Art, [2023]
  • New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
  • ©2023

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Additional Authors
  • Conaty, Kim
  • Kopp, Édouard, 1974-
  • Alexander, Aleesa
  • Troeller, Jordan
  • Hutchinson, Scout
  • Marples, Kirsten
  • Bird, Isabel
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, host institution, issuing body.
  • Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), host institution, issuing body.
Description
231 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color); 29 cm
Summary
"The practice of drawing is a unifying thread in the art of Ruth Asawa (1926-2013). Known as a sculptor, which she described as "almost like drawing in space", Asawa drew daily and likened it to playing scales for musicians. Ruth Asawa Through LIne reveals her wonderfully varied output from the late 1940s to the 1990s. The art of drawing was Ruth Asawa's way to see and understand the world" --
Alternative Title
Through line
Subject
  • Asawa, Ruth > Exhibitions
  • Asawa, Ruth > Criticism and interpretation
  • Asawa, Ruth
  • Drawing, American > Exhibitions
  • Criticism and interpretation
  • Drawing, American
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, September 16, 2023-January 15, 2024 and The Menil Collection, March 22-July 21, 2024.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / Rebecca Rabinow and Adam D. Weinberg -- Acknowledgments / Kim Conaty and Edouard Kopp -- Preface / Kim Conaty and Edouard Kopp -- "Your hand is already flowing": Ruth Asawa's daily practice of drawing / Kim Conaty -- Drawn together: Ruth Asawa and community / Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander -- The pedagogical value of paper / Jordan Troeller -- Instinct and inquiry: Ruth Asawa's use of drawing materials and techniques / Edouard Kopp -- Eight themes. Learning to see -- Found and transformed -- Forms within forms -- In and out -- Rhythms and waves -- Growth patterns -- Curiosity and control -- Life lines -- Works in the exhibition.
Call Number
JQF 23-1397
ISBN
  • 9780300273281
  • 0300273282
LCCN
2023938246
OCLC
1393181143
Author
Asawa, Ruth, artist.
Title
Ruth Asawa : through line / edited by Kim Conaty and Edouard Kopp ; with contributions by Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, Jordan Troeller, Scout Hutchinson, Kirtsten Marples, Isabel Bird.
Publisher
Houston : The Menil Collection ; New York : Whitney Museum of American Art, [2023]
Distributor
New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
Copyright Date
©2023
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Conaty, Kim, editor.
Kopp, Édouard, 1974- editor.
Alexander, Aleesa, contributor.
Troeller, Jordan, contributor.
Hutchinson, Scout, contributor.
Marples, Kirsten, contributor.
Bird, Isabel, contributor.
Whitney Museum of American Art, host institution, issuing body.
Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), host institution, issuing body.
Research Call Number
JQF 23-1397
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