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Ruth Asawa, Without End

Avatar photo by Ekalan Hou 2 days agoFebruary 1, 2023

Asawa’s life masks do not keep count of past or future losses.

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How an LA Printmaking Workshop Advanced the Career of Women Artists

Avatar photo by Jordan Karney Chaim April 4, 2021April 2, 2021

Ruth Asawa, Anni Albers, and others first experimented with printmaking at June Wayne’s Tamarind Lithography Workshop.

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At Stanford, a New Initiative Will Study and Exhibit More Asian American Art

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

Marci Kwon got the idea for the initiative after creating a class she had always wanted to take but had never found in graduate school: one on Asian American art.

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Ruth Asawa’s Life and Legacy, in Both Art and Education

by Eva Recinos May 4, 2020November 23, 2021

Marilyn Chase’s new biography sheds light on Asawa’s contributions to San Francisco’s public schools and its artistic community at large.

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Ruth Asawa Artworks Grace New US Postage Stamps

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber April 3, 2020August 14, 2020

The Japanese-American artist’s wire sculptures have been likened to birds’ nests. Here’s a first look at some of the designs.

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The Artists Who Found Inspiration in Isolation

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 20, 2020March 27, 2020

In the age of “social distancing,” reflecting on works by a number of artists who found themselves isolated, detained, or bed-ridden for various reasons.

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A Mega-Gallery Marks a Quarter Century

Avatar photo by Gregory Volk February 3, 2018February 4, 2018

I remember David Zwirner Gallery back in the 1990s, before Chelsea, when the New York art world was much smaller and more manageable.

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How Asian-American Artists Made a Mark on Abstract Expressionism

by Danielle Wu January 9, 2018January 10, 2018

Asian-American artists engaged deeply and creatively with Abstract Expressionism, counter to historical views of the movement as a New York monolith.

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12 Revelatory Exhibitions from 2017

by John Yau December 31, 2017December 30, 2017

Each of these exhibitions showed me something I had not seen before.

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The Unknowable Ray Johnson

Avatar photo by Edward M. Gómez September 30, 2017September 30, 2017

When Ray Johnson killed himself at the age of 67, the air of mystery surrounding his personality, life, and art only thickened.

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Ruth Asawa, a Pioneer of Necessity

by John Yau September 24, 2017September 25, 2017

Asawa was a woman of Japanese ancestry making art in the years after World War II, which was a double whammy.

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Untying the Knots of History Around Japanese-American Internment

by Devon Van Houten Maldonado December 26, 2016December 23, 2016

Orlaineta is concerned with unpacking history and sifting through forgotten objects in order to reconstruct a story.

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