Ruth Asawa : through line / edited by Kim Conaty and Edouard Kopp ; with contributions by Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, Jordan Troeller, Scout Hutchinson, Kirtsten Marples, Isabel Bird.

Author/creator Asawa, Ruth artist.
Format Book
PublicationHouston : The Menil Collection ; New York : Whitney Museum of American Art, [2023]
DistributionNew Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
Copyright Date©2023
Description231 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Subjects
Asawa, Ruth--Exhibitions.
Asawa, Ruth--Criticism and interpretation.
Drawing, American--Exhibitions.

Other author/creatorConaty, Kim, editor. https://isni.org/isni/0000000367680912
Other author/creatorKopp, Édouard, 1974- editor. https://isni.org/isni/0000000114620540
Other author/creatorAlexander, Aleesa contributor.
Other author/creatorTroeller, Jordan contributor.
Other author/creatorHutchinson, Scout, contributor.
Other author/creatorMarples, Kirsten, contributor.
Other author/creatorBird, Isabel, contributor.
Other author/creatorWhitney Museum of American Art, host institution, issuing body.
Other author/creatorMenil Collection (Houston, Tex.), host institution, issuing body.
Contents Foreword / Rebecca Rabinow and Adam D. Weinberg -- Acknowledgments / Kim Conaty and Edouard Kopp -- Preface / Kim Conaty and Edouard Kopp -- "Your hand is already flowing": Ruth Asawa's daily practice of drawing / Kim Conaty -- Drawn together: Ruth Asawa and community / Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander -- The pedagogical value of paper / Jordan Troeller -- Instinct and inquiry: Ruth Asawa's use of drawing materials and techniques / Edouard Kopp -- Eight themes. Learning to see -- Found and transformed -- Forms within forms -- In and out -- Rhythms and waves -- Growth patterns -- Curiosity and control -- Life lines -- Works in the exhibition.
Abstract "The practice of drawing is a unifying thread in the art of Ruth Asawa (1926-2013). Known as a sculptor, which she described as "almost like drawing in space", Asawa drew daily and likened it to playing scales for musicians. Ruth Asawa Through LIne reveals her wonderfully varied output from the late 1940s to the 1990s. The art of drawing was Ruth Asawa's way to see and understand the world" -- Back cover.
General notePublished on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, September 16, 2023-January 15, 2024 and The Menil Collection, March 22-July 21, 2024.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Genre/formExhibition catalogs.
ISBN9780300273281 hardback
ISBN0300273282 hardback