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SUMMARY:Dance Performance by Emma Lanier
DESCRIPTION:Emma Lanier\, dancer\, choreographer\, and granddaughter of Ruth Asawa\, performs an original dance solo alongside the artist’s sculptures in Life’s Work. Though Asawa identified as a visual artist\, she studied dance with Merce Cunningham in the summer of 1948 during her formative years at Black Mountain College. Through her performance\, Lanier reflects on her grandmother’s interests in space and form\, filtered through her personal experience. \nPhoto: Anagama\, 2017\nChoreographed and performed by Emma Lanier at David Zwirner Gallery\, 2017\nPhotograph by Anastasiia Sapon
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/dance-performance-by-emma-lanier/
LOCATION:Pulitzer Arts Foundation\, 3716 Washington Boulevard\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180914T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190216T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa: Life's Work at the Pulitzer
DESCRIPTION:The Pulitzer presents the first major museum exhibition of the work of Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) since 2006\, and the first ever outside the West Coast\, where the artist lived and worked for six decades. This landmark career-spanning show brings together some eighty works\, comprising nearly sixty sculptures from the full trajectory of her career—including looped wire\, tied wire\, electroplated\, and cast works—as well as twenty drawings and collages\, some of which date back to her years at Black Mountain College\, where she studied with Josef Albers\, who inspired her interest in materials as generators of form. Together\, the works in the exhibition will provide new insight into Asawa’s innovative contributions to the field of modern and contemporary sculpture. \nOpening Reception is on Friday\, September 14 from 6-9 \nRuth Asawa: Life’s Work is curated by Tamara H. Schenkenberg\, Curator at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. \nFree Entry & Free Parking\nAdmission to the Pulitzer is free\, and visitors can park for free in the lot adjacent to the museum. \nRead the Washington Post review\, “Is this the most beautiful show of the year” > \nOpen Hours\nWednesday\, 10am–5pm\nThursday\, 10am–5pm\nFriday\, 10am–8pm\nSaturday\, 10am–5pm \nThe Pulitzer will be closed Independence Day\, Thanksgiving\, Christmas\, and New Year’s Day. \nPhoto: Ruth Asawa\nUntitled (S.453\, Hanging Three-Lobed\, Three-Layered Continuous Form within a Form)\, c. 1957–59\nIron Wire\n41 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (104.8 x 41.9 x 41.9 cm)\nPrivate Collection\nCourtesy David Zwirner Gallery\n© The Estate of Ruth Asawa\, Courtesy The Estate of Ruth Asawa and David Zwirner\, New York/London/Hong Kong\nPhotograph by Dan Bradica
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/ruth-asawa-lifes-work-at-the-pulitzer/
LOCATION:Pulitzer Arts Foundation\, 3716 Washington Boulevard\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180609T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180909T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Anni Albers in Dusseldorf
DESCRIPTION:Anni Albers (1899 – 1994) was a multifaceted artist who established weaving as an art form and united this ancient cultural technology with modern artistic practices. This retrospective exhibition offers deep insight into the achievement of the artist\, craftswoman\, designer\, author\, and teacher Anni Albers\, from her beginnings at the innovative Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau\, to her time at the legendary Black Mountain College\, and up until the 1980s. \nWhile her woven images – characterized by textile structures\, subtle coloration\, and an abstract formal language – are intended for visual contemplation\, her room dividers\, carpets\, and curtain material are meant to be used. Along with her numerous textile patterns and designs\, they illustrate Albers’ intensive preoccupation with intricate woven structures and innovative fibers. A selection of works commissioned by architects testifies to her sustained interest in a dialogue between architecture and textile art. In addition\, diverse materials\, along with texts by Albers the author\, illustrate the history and the possibilities of weaving while visualizing – with reference to pre-Columbian textiles from the collection of Josef and Anni Albers – her idea of woven thread as constituting a kind of universal language. \nThis encounter with the remarkable diversity of her achievement will inspire a renewed appreciation for Anni Albers’ singular contribution to modernism and her sustained influence on both art and design. \nThe exhibition is being organized by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen\, Düsseldorf\, and the Tate Modern\, London. \nCatalog \nAnni Albers \nThe exhibition is accompanied by an extensive and richly illustrated catalog with contributions by the editors and curators Ann Coxon\, Briony Fer and Maria Müller-Schareck as well as texts of Brenda Danilowitz\, Magdalena Droste\, Nicholas Fox Weber\, Maria Minera\, Priyesh Mistry\, Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye and T’ai Smith. \nTate Publishing / Hirmer publishing company of Munich\, 192 pages\, 36\,00 Euro \nPhoto:  Anni Albers Study for Unexecuted Wallhanging 1926 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation © Estate of Anni Albers; ARS\, NY & DACS\, London 2018
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/anni-albers-in-dusseldorf/
LOCATION:K20 Grabbeplatz\, Grabbeplatz 5\, Düsseldorf\, 40213\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180111T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180114T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
CREATED:20180105T010249Z
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SUMMARY:FOG Design+Art Fair
DESCRIPTION:The fifth annual edition of the FOG Design+Art Fair will take place January 11–14\, 2018 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The Preview Gala benefiting the newly transformed and widely heralded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will be held on Wednesday\, January 10\, 2018. Celebrating today’s most significant creatives and leading contributors to the worlds of design and visual arts\, the fair assembles 45 leading international galleries; prominent 20th-century and contemporary design dealers; a weekend of exciting programs; and 21POP\, a special installation created by Stanlee Gatti. \nFOG has become a focal point for the design and arts communities on the West Coast and further afield. The fair is synonymous with a uniquely pioneering spirit due to its bold hybrid approach and intimate presentation of art and design\, dynamic programming on-site and its community-led mission to champion art and design in its historic Fort Mason setting. Building on FOG’s longstanding commitment to cultural institutions\, the fair’s Preview Gala is honored to continue its crucial support of SFMOMA’s exhibitions and education programs. FOG represents a key moment in which the local and global community congregate to engage in critical dialogue\, artistic exchanges and a shared passion for creative pursuits.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/fog-designart-fair/
LOCATION:Fort Mason Center\, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture\, Landmark Building C\, 2 Marina Blvd\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171115T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Active Archive | Martha McDonald Process + Performance
DESCRIPTION: 56 + 69 BROADWAY\nOpening Reception: Friday\, September 29\, 5-7pm – Performance by Martha McDonald at 5:30 pm FREE \nACTIVE ARCHIVE is a stream of programs that pairs the museum’s extensive collection with contemporary artists\, curators\, and cultural thinkers. It launches with an exhibition featuring the museum’s permanent collection curated by Philadelphia-based interdisciplinary artist Martha McDonald. \nMcDonald brings the ideas of Black Mountain College alive through an exhibition of artwork and ephemera from BMCM+AC’s collection and an installation and live performance drawing on the rich history of experimental performance at BMC.  The exhibition\, across both galleries\, focuses on the importance of color\, process\, and material exploration at BMC. It includes student color studies from Josef Albers’ influential Werklehre courses; paintings\, sculptures\, textiles\, and ceramics by BMC faculty and students reflecting this legacy of material and color study; and a selection of idiosyncratic\, hand-printed programs highlighting the history of collaborative performance at BMC. \nMcDonald’s performance will activate her installation of objects and costumes inspired by Xanti Schawinsky’s 1936-37 experimental theater piece\, Spectodrama\, which formed the basis of his Stage Studies course at BMC. McDonald’s performance features music inspired by John Evarts’ collaborations with Schawinsky at BMC from 1936-38. \nSupport for this project has been generously provided by the following: Henry Luce Foundation\, North Carolina Arts Council\, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the Windgate Charitable Foundation. Special thanks to Bill Adair and Connie Bostic. \nPhoto: Xanti Schawinsky\, Untitled\, n.d.\, painting and pencil on print\, 26 x 17.625 inches. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Collection. Gift of Brian E. Butler. \nRelated Events: \n\nSeptember 29\, 5:30PM {69 Broadway} Performance: Music for Modernist Shapes: Reimagining Spectodrama\nSeptember 29\, 7PM Opening Reception FREE\nSeptember 29 + 30\, 8PM {Diana Wortham Theatre} Black Mountain Songs\nSeptember 29 – October 1 {UNC Asheville} Conference: ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 9\nOctober 11\, 7PM {56 Broadway} Listening Session: Experiments in Notation\nOctober 27 + 28 {22 London Road} Performance: Supper\, People on the Move\nNovember 3\, 7PM {56 Broadway} Poetry Reading: Mad Hat Poetry Prose & Anything Goes\nNovember 29\, 7PM {56 Broadway} Film Screening: BAUHAUS: The Face of the Twentieth Century\nNovember 17+18\, 7PM {69 Broadway} Performance: Music for Modernist Shapes: Reimagining Spectodrama\nDecember 7\, 7PM {69 Broadway} Performance: Aspects of Butoh\nDecember 9\, 8pm {69 Broadway} Poetry Reading: Richard Chess\, Tommy Hays\, David Hopes\,Beth Keefauver\, and Eric Steineger
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/active-archive/
LOCATION:Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center\, 120 College Street\, Ashville\, NC\, 28801\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171111T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Artists’ Eyes: Art of Incarceration (Presidio)
DESCRIPTION:In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066\, the National Japanese American Historical Society presents Artists’ Eyes\, Art of Incarceration. During World War II\, Executive Order 9066 led to the registration\, exclusion\, forced removal and mass incarceration of 120\,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Two multigenerational art exhibits reveal a successive unearthing of evocative expressions through three generations. Works by Japanese American and other multicultural artists expose the profound and eventual reclamation of history and identity. Works and artist talks make connections to the current climate today. \nThe exhibits\, hosted at NJAHS’s two sites at the Presidio and Japantown\, are curated by\nBetty Nobue Kano and Judy Shintani. (listing is for the MIS Historic Learning Center location in the Presidio).\nIt’s open WEEKENDS only from 12-5\, by appt W-F \nTitle photos:  Artwork L to R: Hideo Kobashigawa\, Ellen Bepp\, Roger Shimomura\, Shari Arai DeBoer.\nPhoto at left: Asawa’s looped wire sculpture on exhibit at this location.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/art-of-incarceration-presidio/
LOCATION:MIS Historic Learning Center\, 640 Old Mason Street\, Crissy Field\, Presidio of San Francisco\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170920T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171021T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Josef and Anni and Ruth and Ray
DESCRIPTION:David Zwirner is pleased to present Josef and Anni and Ruth and Ray as the inaugural exhibition at the gallery’s 34 East 69th Street location. Featuring work by Josef Albers\, Anni Albers\, Ruth Asawa\, and Ray Johnson—all of whom were at Black Mountain College in North Carolina in the late 1940s—this exhibition will explore both the aesthetic and personal dialogue between these artists during their Black Mountain years and beyond; and will include a number of works exchanged amongst the group\, in addition to a selection of key compositions influenced by their time there. \nJosef and Anni Albers arrived at Black Mountain College in 1933\, both having studied and subsequently taught at the Bauhaus for nearly a decade. It was through the Alberses that the pedagogy of the famed German art school\, which espoused ideals of radical experimentation and an open interchange of ideas\, was imported and adapted in their new setting. As Asawa recalls\, Josef Albers would open his Basic Design course by saying\, “Open your eyes and see. My aim is to make you see more than you want to. I am here to destroy all your prejudices. If you already have a style don’t bring it with you. It will only be in the way”—in essence paraphrasing the aesthetic philosophy that came to define Black Mountain College as a progressive and avant-garde institution in those years. Johnson arrived as student in 1945\, and Asawa subsequently in 1946—both quickly availing themselves of the Alberses’s guidance\, which was particularly unexpected in the case of Johnson\, whose nontraditional approach contrasted with the older artists’ formal rigor.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/josef-anni-ruth-ray/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170913T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171021T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:David Zwirner Gallery
DESCRIPTION:David Zwirner is pleased to announce the gallery’s first exhibition dedicated to the work of Ruth Asawa since having announced the representation of the artist’s estate earlier this year\, which will take place at the 537 West 20th Street location. The exhibition will bring together a selection of key sculptures\, paintings\, and works on paper spanning Asawa’s influential practice\, as well as rare archival materials\, including a group of vintage photographs of the artist and her work by Imogen Cunningham.  \nPhoto by Imogen Cunningham: Asawa in her studio in 1957.\n© 2017 Imogen Cunningham Trust
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/david-zwirner-gallery/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170907T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
CREATED:20170819T073058Z
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SUMMARY:Abstract Expressionism: Looking East from the Far West
DESCRIPTION:Abstract Expressionism: Looking East from the Far West considers mid-20th-century abstraction through its Asian-American practitioners\, with a special focus on Hawai‘i artists. It is the first museum exhibition to bring artists of the New York School together with Asian-American artists who studied and worked in New York in the 1940s and 1950s\, examining the influence of Asian intellectual and artistic traditions on artists long revered as uniquely American.  \nThe exhibition presents major works by American masters such as Philip Guston\, Willem de Kooning\, Robert Motherwell\, Barnett Newman\, Jackson Pollock\, and Mark Rothko\, alongside those by Asian-American artists such as Ruth Asawa\, Saburo Hasegawa\, Isamu Noguchi\, and Hawai‘i art icons like Satoru Abe\, Isami Doi\, Tadashi Sato\, and Tetsuo Ochikubo\, among others. With more than 45 paintings\, drawings\, and sculptures\, the exhibition examines the ways in which Eastern traditions from Chinese and Japanese calligraphy to Zen Buddhism helped advance Abstract Expressionism’s aesthetic agenda—its understated lyricism\, its compositional balance\, its subtle awareness of place—regardless of the artist.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/abstract-expressionism-looking-east-far-west/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170817T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180401T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico\, 1915–1985
DESCRIPTION:Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico\, 1915–1985 is a groundbreaking exhibition and accompanying book about design dialogues between California and Mexico. Its four main themes—Spanish Colonial Inspiration\, Pre-Columbian Revivals\, Folk Art and Craft Traditions\, and Modernism—explore how modern and anti-modern design movements defined both locales throughout the twentieth century. Half of the show’s more than 300 objects represent architecture\, conveyed through drawings\, photographs\, films\, and models to illuminate the unique sense of place that characterized California’s and Mexico’s buildings. The other major focus is design: furniture\, ceramics\, metalwork\, graphic design\, and murals. Placing prominent figures such as Richard Neutra\, Luis Barragán\, Charles and Ray Eames\, and Clara Porset in a new context while also highlighting contributions of less familiar practitioners\, this exhibition is the first to examine how interconnections between California and Mexico shaped the material culture of each place\, influencing and enhancing how they presented themselves to the wider world. \nRegular Hours\nMonday\, Tuesday\, Thursday: 11 am–5 pm\nFriday: 11 am–8 pm\nSaturday\, Sunday: 10 am–7 pm \nClosed Wednesdays\, Thanksgiving Day\, and Christmas Day. \nTickets are available anytime online\, during regular museum hours at a LACMA Ticket Office\, or by calling 323 857-6010. \nGeneral Admission \n\n$15 | Adults\n$10 | Seniors (65+) & Students with valid ID\nFree | Children (17 and under)\nFree | Members\n\nL.A. County residents receive free general admission after 3 pm every weekday LACMA is open! \nActive-duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families receive free admission.*
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/found-translation-design-california-mexico-1915-1985/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170814
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
DESCRIPTION:Making Space shines a spotlight on the stunning achievements of women artists between the end of World War II (1945) and the start of the Feminist movement (around 1968). In the postwar era\, societal shifts made it possible for larger numbers of women to work professionally as artists\, yet their work was often dismissed in the male dominated art world\, and few support networks existed for them. Abstraction dominated artistic practice during these years\, as many artists working in the aftermath of World War II sought an international language that might transcend national and regional narratives—and for women artists\, additionally\, those relating to gender. \nDrawn entirely from the Museum’s collection\, the exhibition features more than 100 paintings\, sculptures\, photographs\, drawings\, prints\, textiles\, and ceramics by some 50 artists. Within a trajectory that is at once loosely chronological and synchronous\, it includes works that range from the boldly gestural canvases of Lee Krasner\, Helen Frankenthaler\, and Joan Mitchell; the radical geometries by Lygia Clark\, Lygia Pape\, and Gego; and the reductive abstractions of Agnes Martin\, Anne Truitt\, and Jo Baer; to the fiber weavings of Magdalena Abakanowicz\, Sheila Hicks\, and Lenore Tawney; and the process-oriented sculptures of Lee Bontecou\, Louise Bourgeois\, and Eva Hesse. The exhibition will also feature many little-known treasures such as collages by Anne Ryan\, photographs by Gertrudes Altschul\, and recent acquisitions on view for the first time at MoMA by Ruth Asawa\, Carol Rama\, and Alma Woodsey Thomas.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/making-space-women-artists/
LOCATION:MoMA\, 11 West 53 Street\, Manhattan\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170102
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Leap Before You Look at the Wexner
DESCRIPTION:Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933 – 1957 focuses on how\, despite its brief existence\, BMC became a seminal meeting place for many of the artists\, musicians\, poets\, and thinkers who would become the principal practitioners in their fields of the postwar period. Figures such as Anni and Josef Albers\, John Cage\, Merce Cunningham\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Elaine and Willem de Kooning\, Buckminster Fuller\, Ruth Asawa\, Robert Motherwell\, Gwendolyn and Jacob Knight Lawrence\, Charles Olson\, and Robert Creeley\, among many others\, taught and studied at BMC. Teaching at the college combined the craft principles of Germany’s revolutionary Bauhaus school with interdisciplinary inquiry\, discussion\, and experimentation\, forming the template for American art schools. While physically rooted in the rural South\, BMC formed an unlikely cosmopolitan meeting place for American\, European\, Asian\, and Latin American art\, ideas\, and individuals. The exhibition argues that BMC was as an important historical precedent for thinking about relationships between art\, democracy\, and globalism. It examines the college’s critical role in shaping many major concepts\, movements\, and forms in postwar art and education\, including assemblage\, modern dance and music\, and the American studio craft movement–influence that can still be seen and felt today. \nCheck their website for exact dates and times they are open. \n 
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/leap-look-wexner/
LOCATION:Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University\, 1871 North High Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43210
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160919
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:The Campaign for Art: Modern and Contemporary
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition — one of several highlighting contributions from the museum’s Campaign for Art — introduces the range and quality of these newly committed and gifted works in a multidisciplinary selection that strengthens and deepens SFMOMA’s collection. Asawa’s Untitled (S.046a-d) is a rare instance where she created four separate works that are intended to be exhibited together.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/campaign-art-modern-contemporary/
LOCATION:San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, 151 Third Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161001
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
CREATED:20160630T182529Z
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SUMMARY:Open Ended: Painting and Sculpture Since 1900
DESCRIPTION:This presentation of masterworks and experimental pieces from SFMOMA’s collection of painting and sculpture explores themes that have shaped the history of modern art from the early twentieth century to our own time. Organized as a series of chapters\, the exhibition focuses on revolutionary ideas\, geographical centers\, individual artists\, and relationships between artists. Together\, the works in Open Ended explore the complexities and even contradictions of modern and contemporary art\, suggesting new interpretations of the museum’s collection\, and examining the passions and beliefs that have spurred artists’ creativity in a rapidly changing world. Asawa’s Untitled (S.114) was added to the collection through the Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/open-ended/
LOCATION:San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, 151 Third Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160905
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women\, 1947 – 2016
DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles… On March 13\, 2016\, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel opened its doors to present ‘Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women\, 1947 – 2016’\, the inaugural exhibition at its new complex in the heart of the downtown Los Angeles Arts District. Through nearly 100 works made by 34 artists over the past seventy years\, this ambitious undertaking traces ways in which women have changed the course of art by deftly transforming the language of sculpture since the postwar period. Works on view reveal their makers inventing radically new forms and processes that privilege solo studio practice\, tactility\, and the idiosyncrasies of the artist’s own hand. ‘Revolution in the Making’ explores multiple strains of artistic approaches\, characterized by abstraction and repetition\, that reject the precedent of a monolithic masterwork on a pedestal\, employing such tactics as stacking\, hanging\, and intertwining\, to create an intimate reciprocity between artist and viewer. The exhibition examines how elements that are central to art today – including engagement with found\, experimental\, and recycled materials\, as well as an embrace of contingency\, imperfection\, and unstructured play – were propelled by the work of women who\, in seeking new means to express their own voices\, dramatically expanded the definition of sculpture. \nCheck their website for exact dates and times they are open.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/revolution-in-the-making-abstract-sculpture-by-women-1947-2016/
LOCATION:Hauser Wirth & Schimmel\, 901 East Third Street\, Los Angeles\, 90013
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160516
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160324T234030Z
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SUMMARY:Leap Before You Look at the Hammer Museum
DESCRIPTION:Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933 – 1957 focuses on how\, despite its brief existence\, BMC became a seminal meeting place for many of the artists\, musicians\, poets\, and thinkers who would become the principal practitioners in their fields of the postwar period. Figures such as Anni and Josef Albers\, John Cage\, Merce Cunningham\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Elaine and Willem de Kooning\, Buckminster Fuller\, Ruth Asawa\, Robert Motherwell\, Gwendolyn and Jacob Knight Lawrence\, Charles Olson\, and Robert Creeley\, among many others\, taught and studied at BMC. Teaching at the college combined the craft principles of Germany’s revolutionary Bauhaus school with interdisciplinary inquiry\, discussion\, and experimentation\, forming the template for American art schools. While physically rooted in the rural South\, BMC formed an unlikely cosmopolitan meeting place for American\, European\, Asian\, and Latin American art\, ideas\, and individuals. The exhibition argues that BMC was as an important historical precedent for thinking about relationships between art\, democracy\, and globalism. It examines the college’s critical role in shaping many major concepts\, movements\, and forms in postwar art and education\, including assemblage\, modern dance and music\, and the American studio craft movement–influence that can still be seen and felt today. \nCheck their website for exact dates and times they are open.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/leap-before-you-look-black-mountain-college-1933-1957-at-the-hammer-museum/
LOCATION:Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160530
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:Architecture of Life
DESCRIPTION:Architecture of Life\, the inaugural exhibition in BAMPFA’s landmark new building\, explores the ways that architecture—as concept\, metaphor\, and practice—illuminates various aspects of life experience: the nature of the self and psyche\, the fundamental structures of reality\, and the power of the imagination to reshape our world. Occupying every gallery in the new building\, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro\, the exhibition comprises over two hundred works of art in a wide range of media\, as well as scientific illustrations and architectural drawings and models\, made over the past two thousand years. Boundary-breaking\, innovative\, and radically interdisciplinary\, the exhibition presents visually exquisite\, rarely seen works in ways that suggest new connections and meanings. A wonderful lecture series accompanies this exhibit. Learn more >> \nCheck their website for exact dates and times they are open.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/architecture-of-life/
LOCATION:Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive\, 2155 Center Street\, Berkeley\, 94704\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160407
DTSTAMP:20260406T223422
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SUMMARY:The Whitney's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The more than two hundred works on display on the seventh and sixth floors represent a selection of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s collection. Organized in a rough chronological sequence beginning on the seventh floor\, the presentation is divided into eleven thematic “chapters.” Each chapter takes its name not from a movement or style but from the title of a work that evokes the section’s animating impulse. The exhibition elaborates some of the themes\, ideas\, beliefs\, and passions that have galvanized American artists in their struggle to work within and against established conventions\, often directly engaging their political and social contexts. Works of art across all mediums are displayed together\, acknowledging the ways in which artists have engaged various modes of production and dissolved the boundaries between them. \nCheck their website for exact dates and times they are open.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/the-whitneys-collection/
LOCATION:Whitney Museum of American Art\, 99 Gansevoort Street\, New York\, NY\, 10014\, United States
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