{"product_id":"everything-she-touched-the-life-of-ruth-asawa-hardcover","title":"Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Chase\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything She Touched\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the incredible life of the American sculptor Ruth Asawa.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\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.\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\u003eBorn 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. Asawa 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- A richly visual volume with over 60 reproductions of Asawa's art and archival photos of her life (including portraits shot by her friend, the celebrated photographer Imogen Cunningham)\u003cbr\u003e- Documents Asawa's transformative touch--most notably by turning wire - the material of the internment camp fences - into sculptures\u003cbr\u003e- Author Marilyn Chase mined Asawa's letters, diaries, sketches, and photos and conducted interviews with those who knew her to tell this inspiring story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Asawa forged an unconventional path in everything she did--whether raising a multiracial family of six children, founding a high school dedicated to the arts, or pursuing her own practice independent of the New York art market. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Ruth Asawa's remarkable life story offers inspiration to artists, art lovers, feminists, mothers, teachers, Asian Americans, history buffs, and anyone who loves a good underdog story. \u003cbr\u003e- A perfect gift for those interested in Asian American culture and history \u003cbr\u003e- Great for those who enjoyed \u003ci\u003eNinth 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 by Mary Gabriel, \u003ci\u003eRuth Asawa: Life's Work\u003c\/i\u003e by Tamara Schenkenberg, and \u003ci\u003eNotes and Methods\u003c\/i\u003e by Hilma af Klint\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarilyn Chase is a journalist and teacher, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769666699552,"sku":"9781452174402","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3e76d3463d386b0cc922013e25835e57.webp?v=1780352877","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/everything-she-touched-the-life-of-ruth-asawa-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}