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SUMMARY:Installation: Ruth Asawa: Untitled (S.272)
DESCRIPTION:An iconic work by a beloved and influential Bay Area artist\, Untitled (S.272) is a nine-foot-tall hanging sculpture composed of looped copper and iron wire\, created in the mid-1950s by Ruth Asawa (American\, 1926–2013). This second installation in the Fang Family Launchpad is a masterful example of the suspended\, abstract works of looped wire for which Asawa is best known. Its airy interior and exterior spaces flow seamlessly into one another\, using organic lines that evoke shapes found in nature — including the human body — while also suggesting a gently undulating movement.    \nMuseum Hours:\nThu:\n1 PM – 8 PM\nFri–Mon:\n10 AM–5 PM\nTue–Wed:\nClosed \nPhoto: Ruth Asawa\, Untitled (S.272\, Hanging Seven-Lobed Continuous Interlocking Form with Spheres in Two Lobes)\, approx. 1954. Copper and iron wire. © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier\, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York. Photograph by Kevin Candland. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/installation-ruth-asawa-untitled-s-272/
LOCATION:Asian Art Museum\, 200 Larkin Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241119T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250222T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T185023
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SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa: Doing Is Living
DESCRIPTION:David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of sculptures and works on paper by American artist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) at the gallery’s Hong Kong location. Relentlessly experimental across a range of mediums\, Asawa is known for her works built on simple\, repeated gestures that accumulate into complex compositions. The artist moved effortlessly between abstract and figurative registers in both two and three dimensions\, creating a vast and varied oeuvre that\, despite its visual heterogeneity\, reflects above all her belief in the total integration of artistic practice and family life. The first solo presentation of Asawa’s work in Greater China\, the exhibition provides an overview of the artist’s wide-ranging practice\, focusing in particular on her affinity for the natural world\, which in turn provided a constant source of inspiration in her art. \nThe Gallery is open:\nTue\, Wed\, Thu\, Fri\, Sat: 11 AM-7 PM \nPhoto: Ruth Asawa\, Untitled (S.210\, Hanging Single-Section\, Reversible Open-Window Form)\, 1959. Photo by Laurence Cuneo. © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier\, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/ruth-asawa-doing-is-living/
LOCATION:David Zwirner Hong Kong\, 5–6/F\, H Queen’s\, 80 Queen’s Road Central\, Hong Kong
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250221T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250601T170000
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SUMMARY:Collection 2: Undo\, Redo
DESCRIPTION:The Collection 2 exhibition focuses on the way artists undo and redo existing materials\, structures\, and history along with the state of their works. As a starting point\, we look at pieces by Louise Bourgeois and Leonor Antunes that were acquired by the museum in 2023\, and a work by Ruth Asawa that was acquired in 2024 and is being shown here for the first time in Japan. The exhibition also includes many other recent acquisitions. \nThe exhibition title was inspired by I Do\, I Undo\, I Redo\, a work by Bourgeois that was shown in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2000\, and the creative activities of artists such as Aiko Tezuka\, two of whom’s works were added to the museum collection in 2023. \nArtists:\nLouise BOURGEOIS\, Ruth ASAWA\, Leonor ANTUNES\, Tetsumi KUDO\, Shigeo ANZAÏ\, Sopheap PICH\, Yoko TERAUCHI\, Chiharu SHIOTA\, Zon ITO\, Izumi KATO\, Tomoaki ISHIHARA\, Kei TAKEMURA\, Rei NAITO\, Yayoi KUSAMA\, Ryoko AOKI\, Mari KATAYAMA\, BuBu de la Madeleine\, Miyako ISHIUCHI\, Saori AKUTAGAWA(MADOKORO)\, Tiger TATEISHI(Koichi・Taigaa)\, Tadanori YOKOO\, Miran FUKUDA\, Akira SHIMIZU\, Pei-Shih TU\, Sterling RUBY\, Aiko TEZUKA \nJiro TAKAMATSU\, Henry MOORE\, Marino MARINI\, Joan MIRÓ\, Alexander CALDER\, Yoshihiro SUDA\, Mark MANDERS\n*Exhibits are subject to change. \nThe Museum is open 10:00–17:00 (last admission 16:30) \nFridays and Saturdays until 20:00 (last admission 19:30). \nClosed Mondays \nHours and Admission \n \nFree admission days\nFebruary 15\, March 1\, April 5\, May 3 and 18.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/collection-2-undo-redo/
LOCATION:National Museum Of Art Osaka\, 4-2-55 Nakanoshima\, Kita-ku\, Osaka\, Japan
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250405T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250902T170000
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SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa: Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:Ruth Asawa: Retrospective will present the full range of the artist’s groundbreaking practice\, offering an in-depth look at her expansive output and its inspirations through more than 300 artworks. It also will explore the ways her longtime San Francisco home and garden served as the epicenter of her creative universe and highlight the ethos of collaboration and inclusivity that informed her numerous public sculpture commissions and unwavering dedication to arts advocacy. \nAsawa’s signature looped-wire sculptures will share gallery space with lesser-known works that bring insight into the relentlessly experimental nature of her artistic vision. In addition to Asawa’s own work\, the exhibition will include a select number of works by peers and mentors with whom Asawa engaged in creative dialogue\, including Josef Albers and Imogen Cunningham. \nMember Previews: April 4\, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. + April 5–6\, 10 a.m.–Noon \nMember presale starts Feb 18 and General Public tickets go on sale March 11. Exhibition will be surcharged. \nRuth Asawa: Retrospective is an exhibition partnership between the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and The Museum of Modern Art\, New York (MoMA). The exhibition is co-curated by Janet Bishop\, Thomas Weisel Family Chief Curator and Curator of Painting and Sculpture\, SFMOMA and Cara Manes\, Associate Curator\, Department of Painting and Sculpture\, MoMA; with Marin Sarvé-Tarr\, Assistant Curator\, and William Hernández Luege\, Curatorial Associate\, Painting and Sculpture\, SFMOMA; and Dominika Tylcz\, Curatorial Assistant\, Department of Department of Painting and Sculpture\, MoMA.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/ruth-asawa-retrospective/
LOCATION:SF MOMA\, 151 Third St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250420T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250913T170000
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SUMMARY:Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction
DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Modern Art announces Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction\, an in-depth exhibition that delves into the dynamic intersections between weaving and abstraction. The exhibition will include approximately 150 works in a range of mediums—from textiles and basketry to painting\, drawing\, sculpture\, and media works—exploring the overlap between abstract art\, weaving\, craft\, and fashion. Woven Histories challenges long-held notions of the weave as a function of textile alone\, exploring the many forms both warp and weft have taken when explored by abstract artists over the past 100 years. Previously on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC\, and the National Gallery of Canada\, Ottawa\, the exhibition’s final presentation will be at MoMA\, with numerous works not seen at earlier venues. \nPhoto: Installation photo of the exhibition Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction at the Los Angeles County Museumof Art (Sep 17\, 2023 – Jan 21\, 2024)\, Artwork © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier\, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York.Courtesy David Zwirner\, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/woven-histories-textiles-and-modern-abstraction-3/
LOCATION:MoMA\, 11 West 53 Street\, Manhattan\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Printing Color: Chiaroscuro to Screenprint
DESCRIPTION:Color has challenged and fascinated printmakers since the Renaissance. This exhibition explores technological and artistic revolutions in color printmaking from the 16th century through today. From innovative 18th-century mezzotints to avant-garde 19th-century lithographs to experimental works by contemporary artists Kiki Smith and Henry Taylor\, the exhibition highlights printmaking across time and technique. These vibrant works on paper reveal the enduring pull of color in print. \nPhoto: Loretta Bennett (b. 1960)\, Forever (for Old Lady Sally)\, 2006\, 2006. Color softground and spitbite aquatint etching\, 20 x 35 7/8 in. (50.8 x 91.1 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco\, gift of Paulson Bott Press\, 2015.42.44. © Loretta Pettway Bennett and Estate of Luella Pettway / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/printing-color-chiaroscuro-to-screenprint/
LOCATION:Legion Of Honor\, 100 34th Avenue\, Lincoln Park\, San Francisco\, 94121\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251019T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260207T173000
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SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:“I’m not so interested in the expression of something. I’m more interested in what the material can do. So that’s why I keep exploring\,” said artist\, educator\, and civic leader Ruth Asawa\, reflecting on a six-decade-long career. Featuring some 300 artworks\, Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective charts the artist’s lifelong explorations of materials and forms in a variety of mediums\, including wire sculpture\, bronze casts\, drawings\, paintings\, prints\, and public works. This first posthumous survey celebrates the ways in which Asawa continuously transformed materials and objects into subjects of contemplation\, unsettling distinctions between abstraction and figuration\, figure and ground\, and negative and positive space. \nAsawa made art every day\, pursuing the inexhaustible possibilities offered by simple materials such as paper and wire since her days at Black Mountain College\, where she studied in the late 1940s. Following a move to San Francisco in 1949\, her practice grew exponentially as she produced a body of work ranging from endless variations of abstract looped-wire sculptures to calligraphic ink paintings. \nCommunity was crucial to Asawa\, who realized numerous public commissions—fountains\, murals\, and memorials—from the late 1960s onward\, and stood at the forefront of arts education in the Bay Area and beyond. Taking a cue from her own work\, Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective offers numerous points of entry into her art\, encouraging close looking. It also reveals the model of integrated art practice cultivated by Asawa\, for whom all acts held a creative potential and for whom there was no separation between living and making art. \nMoMA\, Floor 6The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Center for Special Exhibitions \nMember Previews: Thursday\, Oct 16 – Saturday\, Oct 18 \nLast look for members: Sunday\, Feb 8 \nGet tickets >
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/ruth-asawa-a-retrospective/
LOCATION:MoMA\, 11 West 53 Street\, Manhattan\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251220T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260517T180000
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SUMMARY:Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70
DESCRIPTION:Since its establishment in 1956 with a gift of prints from Los Angeles collector Fred Grunwald\, the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts has evolved into one of the nation’s foremost collections of works on paper. Over the decades\, the Grunwald Center’s holdings have expanded through donations and acquisitions\, and now comprise more than 45\,000 prints\, drawings\, photographs\, and artists’ books dating from the Renaissance to the present. Housed at the Hammer Museum since 1994\, the Grunwald Center fosters learning and discovery through its collection\, which is regularly presented in exhibitions and made accessible in its dedicated study room. This exhibition marks the 70th anniversary of the Grunwald Center\, celebrating its history through a selection of significant works that reflect the collection’s breadth and diversity. It will feature nearly 100 works by over 90 artists\, including Andrea Mantegna\, Albrecht Dürer\, Hendrick Goltzius\, Rembrandt van Rijn\, George Cruikshank\, Jose Guadalupe Posada\, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec\, Vassily Kandinsky\, Käthe Kollwitz\, Pablo Picasso\, Grant Wood\, Ansel Adams\, Norman Lewis\, Elizabeth Catlett\, Charles White\, Corita Kent\, Ruth Asawa\, Bridget Riley\, David Hockney\, Ed Ruscha\, Analia Saban\, and Toba Khedoori. \n  \nGallery Hours\nMonday: Closed\nTuesday–Thursday: 11AM–6PM\nFriday: 11AM–8PM\nSaturday–Sunday: 11AM–6PM \n  \nFree for good!
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/five-centuries-of-works-on-paper-the-grunwald-center-at-70/
LOCATION:Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260319T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260913T190000
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SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa: Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:Ruth Asawa  was one of the most uniquely gifted and productive artists to emerge in the postwar era in the United States. Raised on a farm in Southern California\, the teenage Asawa and her family were detained in Japanese American incarceration camps in 1942. By 1946\, Asawa enrolled in the experimental Black Mountain College near Asheville\, North Carolina. She thrived in the school’s intense and creative atmosphere\, where the encouragement of her teachers\, including Josef Albers\, pushed her to explore the possibilities of ordinary materials\, including stamps\, leaves\, paper\, and eventually wire. \nAmong her early innovations are her suspended looped-wire sculptures: sinewy\, sensuous\, and transparent forms that later explore repetition\, shape\, shadows\, and space. In 1949\, Asawa moved to San Francisco\, and broadened her range of three-dimensional work with complex tied-wire sculptures that later suggest organic structures such as flowers\, roots\, trees\, and nervous systems\, as well as electroplated and cast bronze works\, paintings\, prints\, and drawings. By the late 1960s\, Asawa was well-known in the San Francisco Bay Area for her public art commissions\, advocacy for arts education\, and her civic leadership. While the appreciation of Asawa’s work has grown exponentially in the last decade\, this retrospective is the first major museum exhibition to fully consider every aspect of the artist’s exquisite\, varied\, and groundbreaking practice. \nRuth Asawa: Retrospective is an exhibition partnership between the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Museum of Modern Art\, New York (MoMA). This presentation was developed in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. \nThe exhibition is co-curated by Janet Bishop\, Thomas Weisel Family Chief Curator\, SFMOMA\, and Cara Manes\, Associate Curator\, Department of Painting and Sculpture\, MoMA\, in collaboration with Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães\, Curator\, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. \nHours: \nTUESDAY–SUNDAY \n10 am to 7 pm. \nOpen on Mondays March 25 and April 1. June 19 to September 22: open every day\, from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. \nGeneral Admission €15\nOver 65 €7.50\nStudents 18-25 €7.50\nChildren and youths under 18 Free \nInternational exhibition tour supported by The Henry Luce Foundation \nPhoto: Artist Ruth Asawa making wire sculptures\, California\, United States\, November 1954;\nartwork: © 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier\, Inc.\, Courtesy David Zwirner;\nimage: Nat Farbman/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock\n© Ruth Asawa\, Bilbao 2026
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/ruth-asawa-retrospective-2/
LOCATION:Guggenheim Bilbao\, Abandoibarra Etorb.\, 2\, Bilbo\, Bizkaia\, 48009\, Spain
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260509T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260620T160000
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SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa: Untitled
DESCRIPTION:Co-curated by Asawa’s daughters Aiko Cuneo and Addie Lanier\, this inaugural exhibition includes rarely exhibited looped- and tied-wire sculptures for which she is best-known\, cast artworks\, paperfolds\, watercolors\, and drawings on paper and copper foil.  \nThe title reflects a defining aspect of Asawa’s practice: except in a few cases\, she never bothered to title her work. She was more interested in the creation of it than in naming it. \nRSVP at eventbrite to save your spot >
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/ruth-asawa-untitled/
LOCATION:Minnesota Street Project\, 1275 Minnesota St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261018T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270110T180000
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SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa: Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:The first European retrospective dedicated to Ruth Asawa (1926–2013)\, the influential American artist of Japanese descent\, offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience the ways in which Asawa transformed the simplest of materials into fascinating object\, blurring the boundaries between abstraction and figuration\, art and craft\, action and contemplation. Asawa’s multi-facetted and diverse oeuvre features wire and bronze sculptures\, drawings\, prints\, paintings\, and public commissions. In the late 1940s\, she studied at the legendary Black Mountain College under Josef Albers and others such as Buckminster Fuller and Merce Cunningham. From 1949\, Asawa lived in San Francisco\, where she produced a body of work ranging from variations of abstract looped-wire sculptures to calligraphic ink drawings\, which stand as an equally vital and autonomous part of her practice. Community engagement was central to Asawa’s life and work. From the late 1960s\, Asawa carried out numerous public commissions such as fountains\, murals and memorials. She also played a significant role in promoting art education in California’s Bay Area and beyond. While Ruth Asawa is widely celebrated in the United States\, this exhibition marks a rare and overdue opportunity for European audiences to encounter the full depth and richness of her artistic legacy. \nRuth Asawa is an exhibition partnership between the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Modern Art\, New York. This presentation was developed by the Fondation Beyeler.
URL:https://ruthasawa.com/exhibition/ruth-asawa-retrospective-3/
LOCATION:Foundation Beyeler\, Baselstrasse 101\, 4125\, Riehen
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