Art Quote of the Day

Monday, October 16, 2017

Ruth Asawa Reshapes Art History


"The addition of Asawa to art's overwhelmingly white-male hit parade comes at a critical time in our country, as the policies of the current Administration challenge the undeniable fact that the United States is a nation of immigrants. Asawa's parents were farmers, who emigrated to rural California from Japan. ('Sculpture is like farming,' the artist once said. 'If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.')"


https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/ruth-asawa-reshapes-art-history
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