Installation: Ruth Asawa: Untitled (S.272)
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.
San Francisco
Ruth Asawa Through Line Coming to Whitney, Menil
Co-organized by the Whitney Museum and the Menil Collection, Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to examine Ruth Asawa’s work through the lens of her lifelong drawing practice.
Aurora, The Embarcadero, 1984-1986
Hear Peter Coyote and Ruth Asawa’s family discuss her Aurora fountain on San Francisco’s Embarcadero, origami, and paper folding at Black Mountain College
San Francisco Fountain, Union Square, 1970-1973
Peter Coyote and Asawa’s family discuss her San Francisco Fountain at the Hyatt Hotel, including scenes from Golden Gate Park, Chinatown and Lombard Street
Andrea, Ghirardelli Square, 1966-1968
Hear the artist and sculptor's family and friends discuss her Andrea fountain in San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square, often called the mermaid fountain