Everything She Touched recounts the incredible life of the American
sculptor Ruth Asawa. This is the story of a woman who wielded
imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed
everything she touched into art. 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. Born 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. * 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) * Documents Asawa's transformative
touch-most notably by turning the barbed wire of prison camps into
wire sculptures of astonishing power and delicacy * Author Marilyn
Chase mined Asawa's letters, diaries, sketches, and photos and
conducted interviews with those who knew her to tell this inspiring
story. Ruth 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. Her 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. * 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. * A perfect gift for those interested in Asian
American culture and history * Great for those who enjoyed Ninth
Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan
Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement
That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel, Ruth Asawa: Life's Work by
Tamara Schenkenberg, and Notes and Methods by Hilma af Klint
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