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Ruth Aiko Asawa (January 24, 1926 – August 5, 2013) was an American modernist artist known primarily for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensional work, Asawa created an extensive body of works on paper, including abstract and figurative drawings and prints influenced by ...
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Ruth Asawa came to prominence when her wire sculptures appeared at both the Whitney Museum of American Art and the 1955 São Paulo Art Biennial. [4] Asawa learned to use commonplace materials from Josef Albers, her teacher at Black Mountain College, and began experimenting with wire using a variety of techniques.
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Asawa is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on November 14, 2024. The crater is named for Japanese-American sculptor Ruth Aiko Asawa. [1] Asawa is west of the large Rachmaninoff crater. An unnamed crater with a bright ray system is located northeast of Asawa.
M. C. Escher publishes his illustrated book The Regular Division of the Plane Robert Frank publishes his photographic essay The Americans (in Paris ) Mark Rothko completes forty paintings, the " Seagram murals " (including Black on Maroon and Four Darks in Red ), for The Four Seasons Restaurant in New York but withdraws from the commission ...
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