Untitled

(S.036, Hanging Seven-Lobed, Multilayered Interlocking, Continuous Form within a Form, with Spheres in the First, Sixth, and Seventh Lobes)
Ruth Asawa’s airy, hourglass-shaped sculptures appear to float in space, though they are suspended from the ceiling. Beginning in 1949, and created throughout her fifty-year career, Asawa's multi-lobed sculptures made of looped wire, like Untitled (S.035, Hanging Six-Lobed, Multilayered Interlocking Continuous Form within a Form with Spheres in the Second, Fifth, and Sixth Lobes) (ca. 1962), defy categorization.