在她漫长而多产的职业生涯中，美国艺术家露丝•阿萨瓦（1926年-2013年）创造了创新的金属丝雕塑，她通过使用这种手工艺技术探索了越来越复杂的形式，这种技术是她在1947年在墨西哥旅行时学到的。1949年，在黑山学院学习之后阿萨瓦搬到了旧金山，并创作了数十件铁丝网作品，其中包括非常有名的青铜喷泉。这部豪华巨著汇集了阿萨瓦充实和非凡的职业生涯中的代表作，前所未有的将她的雕塑作品置于20世纪艺术的历史背景下进行重新定位。本书特别包括了对阿萨瓦倡导在公立学校实施艺术教育的谨慎探讨，同时重点关注了她对雕塑领域至关重要且长期未得到认可的贡献。富有洞察力的文章探索了形式实验和身份的交集，为这位**艺术家提供了全新的评估。

Throughout her long and prolific career American artist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) developed innovative sculptures in wire, a medium she explored through increasingly complex forms using craft-based techniques she learned while traveling in Mexico in 1947. In 1949, after studying at Black Mountain College, Asawa moved to San Francisco and created dozens of wire works, among them an iconic bronze fountain—the first of many public commissions—for the city’s Ghirardelli Square.

Bringing together examples from across Asawa’s full and extraordinary career, this expansive volume serves as an unprecedented reorientation of her sculptures within the historical context of 20th-

century art. In particular, it includes careful consideration of Asawa’s advocacy for arts education in public schools, while simultaneously focusing on her vital—and long under-recognized

—contributions to the field of sculpture. Insightful essays explore the intersection of formal experimentation and identity to offer a fresh assessment of this celebrated artist. Richly illustrated with exquisite new installation views, Ruth Asawa: Life’s Work introduces original scholarship that traces the dynamic evolution of form in the artist’s work.