Ruth Asawa, Sculptor, 1952, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Ruth Asawa and Albert Lanier
Unfailingly Creative: The Unbreakable Bond between Artists Imogen Cunningham and Ruth Asawa
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In 1950, photographer Imogen Cunningham met Japanese-American sculptor Ruth Asawa. Despite their 43-year age difference, the two artists quickly developed an unbreakable bond. Aside from their creative friendship, the two women also refused to choose between family life and their art. In this conversation, Meg Partridge, Cunningham’s granddaughter and director of the Imogen Cunningham Trust, joins Addie Lanier, daughter of Ruth Asawa, and Daniell Cornell, curator and author of The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air to talk about how these artists navigated art and motherhood. Moderated by Los Angeles-based author and performer Sandra Tsing Loh, the panel discusses how these artists became friends, the difficulties they faced as women artists, and the creative strategies they employed to succeed in a male-dominated art world.