Ruth Asawa

Ruth Aiko Asawa was an American artist known for her biomorphic wire forms and public art installations. Fifteen of Asawa's wire sculptures are on permanent display in the San Francisco's de Young Museum, and several of her fountains are located in public spaces throughout the city. The hanging sculpture above is constructed from a complex composition of “continuous” copper wire, an accumulation of repeated gesture and devoted, almost imperceptible, labor.