{"product_id":"everything-she-touched-the-life-of-ruth-asawa-paperback","title":"Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Chase\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Laib\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback! The definitive biography and inspiring story of American sculptor Ruth Asawa. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fitting homage to this remarkable woman.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e In this compelling biography, author Marilyn Chase brings Asawa's story to vivid life. She draws on Asawa's extensive archives and weaves together many voices--family, friends, teachers, and critics--to offer a complex and fascinating portrait of the artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in California in 1926, Ruth Asawa grew from a farmer's daughter to a celebrated sculptor. She survived adolescence in the World War II Japanese American internment camps and attended the groundbreaking art school at Black Mountain College. She then went on to develop her signature hanging-wire sculptures, create iconic urban installations, revolutionize arts education in her adopted hometown of San Francisco, fight through lupus, and defy convention to nurture a multiracial family. \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e This richly visual volume is illustrated with over 70 reproductions of Asawa's art and archival photos of her life, including portraits shot by celebrated photographer Imogen Cunningham. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e It documents Asawa's transformative touch, most notably the way she turned wire--the material of the internment camp fences--into sculptures. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Additions to the paperback: a foreword by Jonathan Laib, director of the David Zwirner Gallery, and an author's note that charts the continued rise of Asawa's star in the art world and beyond. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ruth Asawa forged an unconventional path in everything she did. Her beloved fountains are now San Francisco icons, and her signature hanging-wire sculptures grace the MoMA, de Young, Getty, Whitney, and many more museums and galleries across America. \u003ci\u003eEverything She Touched\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to step into Asawa's story so \"we can admire the magic of her sculpture and beauty as a person.\" (Harry S. Parker III, former director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eINSPIRING LIFE STORY: By exploring both Asawa's work and her life, Chase weaves a captivating tale of courage, vision, and resilience. Her remarkable story offers inspiration to artists and art lovers of every generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e WORLD-RENOWNED ARTIST: \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eRuth Asawa (1926-2013) is a celebrated and internationally recognized artist best known for her hand-looped and tied-wire sculptures. Today, her work has found a home in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the de Young Museum in San Francisco. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NEW CONTENT: Since this biography's original publication in 2020, Ruth Asawa's art has been even more widely celebrated and exhibited. The paperback edition incorporates a new foreword and author's note, bringing the book up to date with the latest developments in this exceptional artist's legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Artists and art students \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fans of contemporary sculpture \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Anyone interested in Asian American culture and history \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Feminists, mothers, teachers, and history buffs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Readers of art biographies and retrospectives such as \u003ci\u003eRuth Asawa: Life's Work\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Chase \u003c\/b\u003eis an author, journalist, and teacher. She worked for over two decades as a reporter and columnist at the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and taught journalism to graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in San Francisco with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285638332601,"sku":"9781797232645","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/K-GC4MR72-9781797232645.webp?v=1779713467","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/everything-she-touched-the-life-of-ruth-asawa-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}