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Art Ruth Asawa

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Despite the obvious differences in their work, Ruth Asawa's fabric sculptures inspire comparisons with the late Georgia O'Keefe. Both evoke the natural world while refusing to be confined by notions of the feminine; but where O'Keefe's paintings were all light and color, Asawa builds her complex structures from fractal patterns and intersecting lines. Whether rendered on the page or with crocheted bundles of wire, Asawa's drooping globules, spheres-nestled-within-spheres, and bristling, spiny forms capture nature's formal dynamism — proving that after 40 years, her nimble hands haven't lost their delicate touch.

– Isaac Amala