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“My curiosity was aroused by the idea of giving structural form to the images in my drawings. These forms come from observing plants, the spiral shell of a snail, seeing light through insect wings, watching spiders repair their webs in the early morning, and seeing the sun through the droplets of water suspended from the tips of pine needles while watering my garden.”
Ruth Asawa
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Excerpts from Robert Snyder’s film Ruth Asawa: Of Forms and Growth © Masters & Masterworks Productions, Inc.
Art Terms
Grupo Ruptura
Neo-Concrete (precursor: Concrete Art)
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Gutai
“He who has not had his photo taken with Seydou Keïta has not had his photo taken!” This is what they would say in Bamako… lensculture
Art Terms
Happening
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