Thursday, September 17 – Saturday, September 19
Ruth Asawa. Untitled (SF.031, Red Meander on Pink) (detail), late 1950s. Private collection. © 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. Courtesy David Zwirner
Free; registration required
About the Event
Members are invited to view our newest exhibition before it opens to the public on Sunday, September 20.
Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America reconsiders 20th-century art and design within the context of Japanese and Japanese American incarceration during World War II and the broader history of America. The exhibition showcases the works of two generations of artists affected by forced relocation and incarceration: sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), architect and furniture designer George Nakashima (1905–1990), sculptor Leo Amino (b. Taiwan, 1911–1989), graphic designer S. Neil Fujita (b. Territory of Hawaii, 1921–2010), fiber artist and weaver Kay Sekimachi (b. 1926), and artist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013).
Member admission tickets to the Barnes will include access to the Roberts Gallery during member previews.
Ruth Asawa. Untitled (SF.031, Red Meander on Pink), late 1950s. Private collection. © 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. Courtesy David Zwirner
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