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A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth Asawa

A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth Asawa

McAlister, Caroline

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A sweeping picture book biography about influential Japanese-American sculptor Aiko Ruth Asawa and her childhood spent in an incarceration camp, by award-winning author Caroline McAlister and rising star artist Jamie Green.

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.

EAN: 9781250310378
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date: 2025-02-25
Pages: 40
Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.4 x 0.4 inches
BISAC Subjects: Art - Sculpture, Biography & Autobiography - Art,
History - United States - 20th Century

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