{"product_id":"ruth-asawa-by-ruth-asawa-art-book","title":"Ruth Asawa By Ruth Asawa Art Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnown for her extensive body of intricate and dynamic wire sculptures, American sculptor, educator, and arts advocate Ruth Asawa challenged conventional notions of material and form through her emphasis on lightness and transparency.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAsawa began her now iconic looped-wire works in the late 1940s while still a student at Black Mountain College. Their unique structure was inspired by a 1947 trip to Mexico, during which local craftsmen taught her how to create baskets out of wire. While seemingly unrelated to the lessons of color and composition taught in Josef Albers’s legendary Basic Design course, these works, as she explained, are firmly grounded in his teachings in their use of unexpected materials and their elision of figure and ground.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e176 pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.3\"x 8.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51695148925233,"sku":"Art Books","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0065\/4842\/2709\/files\/3355a13316d62b70a7cdf011daea355f13afb340-3000x2000.jpg?v=1754067439","url":"https:\/\/shopgoldenrule.com\/products\/ruth-asawa-by-ruth-asawa-art-book","provider":"GOLDEN RULE GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}