为配合爱荷华州达文波特市菲格艺术博物馆的展览而出版的《空间量子》: 伊布拉姆-拉索的乳房雕塑》收录了拉索在 1938 年至 1996 年间创作的 37 件的吊坠和项链,以及九件完整尺寸的雕塑作品。南希·G·海勒(Nancy G. Heller)、丹尼斯·拉索(Denise Lassaw)和马林·R·沙利文(Marin R. Sullivan)撰写的补充文章深入介绍了拉索的生平和时代,并阐述了拉索对现代主义工作室珠宝的贡献。
A new study of Ibram Lassaw’s wearable sculptures in conjunction with an exhibition at the Figge Art Museum.
Remembered as a pioneering and prolific Abstract Expressionist artist of otherworldly sculptures, Ibram Lassaw (1913–2003) is less well-known for his wearable sculptures. Like his large-scale works, the “Bosom Sculptures,” with their innovative use of alloys, were inspired by Lassaw’s readings on such varied topics as Zen Buddhism, cosmology, and quantum physics. Lassaw’s welded and brazed necklaces, though simple in design, remind us of everything from sea anemones to nebulae with their elaborate biomorphic tendrils and interconnected clusters.
Published to coincide with an exhibition at Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, Quanta of Space: The Bosom Sculpture of Ibram Lassaw features thirty-seven unique pendants and necklaces alongside nine full-size sculptures that Lassaw created between 1938 and 1996. Supplemental essays by Nancy G. Heller, Denise Lassaw, and Marin R. Sullivan offer insight into his life and times and illustrate Lassaw’s contribution to Modernist studio jewelry.