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Author_Jamie Green
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Product details
- ISBN 9781250310378
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 238 x 286mm
- Publication Date: 17 Mar 2025
- Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Growing up on a dusty farm in Southern California, Ruth Aiko Asawa lived between two worlds. She was Aiko to some and Ruth to others, an invisible line she balanced on every day.
But when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, suddenly she was only Aiko, no matter how much her family tried to cut the lines that connected them to Japan. Like many other Japanese Americans, Ruth and her family were sent to incarceration camps.
At the Santa Anita racetrack, Ruth ran her fingers over the lines of horsehair in the stable stalls the family had moved into. At the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas, she drew what she saw - bayous, guard towers, and the barbed wire that separated her from her old life.
That same barbed wire would inspire Ruth’s art for decades, as she grew into one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Throughout her career, she created enchanting twisting sculptures and curving shapes that connected, divided, and intersected.
This gorgeous biography delves into the magnificent life of Ruth Asawa and her timeless contributions to the art world.
