Ruth Asawa
Saw this show at JANM.
Ruth Asawa has a nice body of work. The wire baskets are amazing. I'm not sure if she has enough sense of depth in her work, as in where does it come from, why does she do it, etc... it's as if, she just did it, people liked it, and that's the end of the story. Which then brings up another point. Whether my assessment is true or not, does it really matter? Does it need to have a message, does it need to have a special history rather than a boring one?
Ruth Asawa has a nice body of work. The wire baskets are amazing. I'm not sure if she has enough sense of depth in her work, as in where does it come from, why does she do it, etc... it's as if, she just did it, people liked it, and that's the end of the story. Which then brings up another point. Whether my assessment is true or not, does it really matter? Does it need to have a message, does it need to have a special history rather than a boring one?
posted by gr @ PERMLINK: 10:25 PM
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I agree but sometimes, you want to know more, how the art got there, and when you don't get that, or you get a disappointing story, then the art means less than it did... I think.
if you wanted to know more...you could do what i did- buy the Ruth Asawa exhibit catalog sold in the museum shop.
i loved the exhibit, so beautiful, peaceful, simple and practical. the film interview really spoke to the non-egocentric approach she had to her art.
very chldlike and experimental.
i felt fortunate to see her retrospective. it made perfect sense to me.
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