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Betye Saar

By: Jane H. Carpenter,Betye Saar

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Considered a premier assemblage artist, Betye Saar has been creating inspired pieces since the early 1960s. Her works are in the collections of notable museums like Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; Museum of Fine Art, Boston; The Studio Museum in Harlem; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She has taught at the University of California and at the Parsons-Otis Institute, both in Los Angeles, and has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Betye Saar is a comprehensive look at Saar's works, from the 1960 print Samsara to the powerful mixed-media assemblage Blackbird (2002), and a dynamic career.

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Pomegranate

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0764923498

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9780764923494

Family Legacies

The Art of Betye, Lezley, and Alison Saar

By: Jessica Dallow,Barbara C. Matilsky,Betye Saar,Tracye Saar-Cavanaugh,Lezley Saar,Alison Saar

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Family Legacies

The Art of Betye, Lezley, and Alison Saar

By: Jessica Dallow,Barbara C. Matilsky,Betye Saar,Tracye Saar-Cavanaugh,Lezley Saar,Alison Saar

Family Legacies celebrates the remarkable art of Betye Saar and her daughters, Lezley and Alison Saar. It explores the sharing of artistic and spiritual traditions within a family and shows how two generations of women use art to express changing ideas about gender, race, and ethnicity. Looking at the formal and thematic parallels in this family’s work reveals a fascinating glimpse into their creative dynamic. Each artist’s response to contemporary social issues -- identity, sexuality, spirituality, the female body, and stereotypes -- emerges through her strikingly beautiful creations. During the 1960s and 1970s, Betye became an established artist in Los Angeles. Her autobiographical and political assemblages during this period affirmed the important role played by women, African Americans, and the artworks they created in defining contemporary culture. Lezley and Alison built upon the direction forged by their mother, with assemblages and sculptures that interpret both their family’s history and spiritual traditions. All three artists challenge the prevailing idea of a singular and unchanging African American identity by creating alternative interpretations of history, culture, and race. Betye, Lezley, and Alison Saar share a passion for mixing media and incorporating objects into their work to create compositions that are layered with both personal and universal meaning. Drawing upon popular culture as well as sacred arts and beliefs from around the word, the three artists attempt to formulate a more multilayered view of themselves. The objects featured, dating from the 1960s to 2005, include mixed media sculptures and paintings, assemblages, collages, and a collaborative installation created by the three Saars. Key works by each artist, representing the full chronological range and stylistic evolution of their oeuvre, underline their family ties, multi-racial heritage, and strong affinities to nature and diverse cultures. The works demonstrate a desire to reclaim the visual representation of African American women by exploring such subjects as slavery, stereotypes of domestic labor, and historical images of the female body. Through distinctive yet parallel styles, Betye, Lezley, and Alison Saar have created a body of transcendent and empowering work that has impacted the history of contemporary art. This book and its accompanying exhibition highlight their position at the crossroads of artistic, feminist, and African American cultural legacies.

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University of Washington Press

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029598564X

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9780295985640

Betye Saar

Still Tickin'

By: Betye Saar

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Betye Saar

Still Tickin'

By: Betye Saar

Catalog of an exhibition held at De Domijnen in Sittard, the Netherlands, July 28 - November 15, 2015 and at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 30 - May 1, 2016.

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0979893666

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9780979893667

Betye Saar

By: Jane H. Carpenter,Betye Saar

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By: Jane H. Carpenter,Betye Saar

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