<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Metal sculpture — 20th century — Exhibitions."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Metal sculpture — 20th century — Exhibitions."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/rcpl/rss/search?query=%22Metal%20sculpture%20%E2%80%94%2020th%20century%20%E2%80%94%20Exhibitions.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:27:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Ruth Asawa]]></title><description><![CDATA["A landmark survey of the wide-ranging practice of one of the twentieth century's most innovative artists. Best known for her sinuous looped-wire sculptures, Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) used everyday materials to create endlessly innovative works in a variety of media over her more than six-decade-long career, from her student days at the experimental Black Mountain College in the 1940s through her mature years in her adopted home city of San Francisco. This extensively illustrated volume explores the astonishing expansiveness of Asawa's work, from the abstract looped-wire sculptures for which she garnered national attention in the 1950s to her nature-inspired tied-wire pieces, clay and bronze casts, paperfolds, paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, and prints. The book explores the ways in which her longtime San Francisco home and garden served as the epicenter of her creative practice, and highlights the ethos of collaboration and inclusivity that informed her numerous public sculpture commissions and unwavering dedication to arts advocacy. Essays and other writings consider Asawa and her work within the context of modern abstract sculpture, through the lens of craft and the materiality of wire, and in relation to her Asian American identity and her personal history as a Japanese American who was incarcerated with her family during World War II. Focus texts illuminate the connections between Asawa and key artistic figures such as Josef Albers, Imogen Cunningham, and R. Buckminster Fuller, with whom she maintained enduring relationships."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3671016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3671016</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Asawa, Ruth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3671016076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Retrospective</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780300278859/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruth Asawa]]></title><description><![CDATA["Ruth Asawa is an artist of vital importance to modern art. Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe, which accompanies the first public exhibition of Asawa's work in Europe, introduces readers to Asawa's work, including her signature hanging sculptures in looped and tied wire, and her pioneering education practice. It positions her expansive ethos--her self-identification as "a citizen of the universe" and belief that art education can be life enriching for everyone--as a catalyst for creative forward-thinking in the twenty-first century. Focusing ing on a dynamic and formative period in her life from 1945 to 1980, this book gives readers a unique experience of the artist and her work, exploring her legacy and positioning her as an abstract sculptor crucial to American modernism. It is a wonderful celebration of her holistic integration of art, education, and community engagement, through which she called for a revolutionary and inclusive vision of art's role in society."--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3492048</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3492048</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3492048076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Citizen of the Universe</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780500025420/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>