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Ruth Asawa stands in front of her San Francisco Fountain near Union Square on Jan. 23, 1973.<\/p>\n
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A new gallery devoted to\u00a0Ruth Asawa <\/a>will open in San Francisco this spring, anchoring the artist\u2019s centennial celebration in the city where she lived and worked for decades.<\/p>\n Ruth Asawa Lanier Inc. will open \u201cRuth Asawa: Untitled,\u201d the first exhibition in the estate\u2019s new gallery at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco\u2019s Dogpatch neighborhood. The show, opening May 9, will be curated by Asawa\u2019s daughters Aiko Cuneo and Addie Lanier.\u00a0<\/p>\n Photograph by Laurence Cuneo of Ruth Asawa and her grandchild with Japanese American Internment Memorial (PC.011), 1990-94, as seen at the exhibit “Ruth Asawa: Retrospective” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on April 15, 2025.<\/p>\n Jana A\u0161enbrennerov\u00e1\/For the S.F. Chronicle Minnesota Street Project in located in San Francisco\u2019s Dogpatch neighborhood.<\/p>\n Yalonda M. James\/S.F. Chronicle<\/p>\n The exhibition\u2019s name is a reference to Asawa\u2019s habit of not naming her pieces, and will include her famed looped-wire and tied-wire sculptures, cast artwork, paperfolds, watercolors and works on paper and copper foil.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cSan Francisco was Asawa\u2019s home for more than 60 years, during which time she developed a unique artistic language, raised her family and became a leading advocate for the arts and art education both locally and nationally,\u201d Henry Weverka<\/a>, Asawa\u2019s grandson and president of RAL Inc., told the Chronicle. \u201cOpening a permanent space here in her adopted hometown seems like a wonderful way to celebrate her centennial for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n The estate plans to present rotating shows of rarely seen work by Asawa as well as pieces by friends and mentors including painter Josef Albers, textile artist Anni Albers, photographer Imogen Cunningham and collage artist Ray Johnson.\u00a0<\/p>\n San Francisco Chronicle Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Asawa, who died in 2013 at age 87, was a well-known presence in San Francisco\u2019s art world, famed for her looped wire hanging sculptures and many public works throughout the Bay Area.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Installation view of the exhibit \u201cRuth Asawa: Retrospective\u201d at the San Francisco Museum of\u00a0Modern Art in 2025.<\/p>\n Jana A\u0161enbrennerov\u00e1\/For the S.F. Chronicle<\/p>\n Her famed \u201cAndrea\u2019s Fountain\u201d in Ghiradelli Square, \u201cSan Francisco Fountain\u201d near Union Square and a permanent installation of her looped wire sculptures in the tower of the de Young Museum are just a few of her recognizable pieces. Her art is also in the permanent collections of the Oakland Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Cantor Art Center at Stanford University.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cRuth Asawa: Untitled\u201d: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. May 9-June 20. Minnesota Street Project, 1275 Minnesota St., S.F. www.ruthasawa.com<\/a><\/p>\n But in the past decade, the artist has broken through like never before. In 2020, she was honored by the U.S. Post Office with stamps bearing her work, and was posthumously awarded the National Medal of the Arts <\/a>in 2024 by President Joe Biden.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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