Representative work by Barbara Chase-Riboud
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Artist

Barbara Chase-Riboud

b. 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · American

Barbara Chase-Riboud creates monumental sculptures that combine cast bronze or aluminum with cascading silk and fiber. Her work joins the permanence of metal with the softness and movement of textile.

Sculpture; drawing; writing

Major Works

  • 1969Malcolm X #3
  • 1969 onwardMalcolm X Steles
  • 1973Cleopatra’s Cape
  • 1970sBathsheba
  • 1970sZanzibar
  • 1998Africa Rising
  • 2003La Musica Marian Anderson
  • 1990sMandela Steles
  • 1970sMonument Drawings
  • 2020sAll That Rises Must Converge

Interviews & Writing

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