A modern-day modernist Ruth Duckworth always reinventing herself

'Ruth Duckworth: modernist sculptor'

When: Opening Saturday, through July 10

Where: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington

Admission: Free

Phone: (312) 744-6630

As she strolls through her cavernous studio, Ruth Duckworth seemsmore the diminutive grandmother than world-renowned artist. But takea look at her hands: small, sturdy, precise, they are the tools ofher trade. With these hands, she has shaped a colossal body of workthat over the past 50 years has set the standard for ceramicsculpture.

The soft-spoken artist is the subject of a cross-countryretrospective, opening Saturday at the Chicago Cultural Center. Theexhibit features more …