Betye Saar, Assemblagist of the Mystical
December 16, 2018 4:56 PM Subscribe
"I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects, with the components of technology. It's a way of delving into the past and reaching into the future simultaneously. The art itself becomes the bridge."—Betye Saar. Mystic Window for Leo (1966). Personal icons. Black Girl's Window (1969). Betye Saar: Reflecting American Culture Through Assemblage Art.
About the artist/Betye Saar talks about her work: A brief bio from Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980 and a 30-minute (Vimeo) lecture by Saar.
Artist's statement: "I am a mixed media collage, assemblage and installation artist. The concepts of passage, crossroads, death and rebirth have been underlying elements in much of my work. My art continues to move in a creative spiral. Much of my current work is about issues of race and gender; a return to my concerns of 1972 and The Liberation of Aunt Jemima. Mystery and beauty remain constant forces behind my creative energy. This is the energy that spins the spiral.”—Betye Saar, 2007
Archiving her art: Getty Research Institute Launches African American Art History Initiative And Will Acquire Archive of Los Angeles Artist Betye Saar.
More from the Getty: The Ordinary Becomes Mystical: A Conversation with Betye Saar.
About the artist/Betye Saar talks about her work: A brief bio from Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980 and a 30-minute (Vimeo) lecture by Saar.
Artist's statement: "I am a mixed media collage, assemblage and installation artist. The concepts of passage, crossroads, death and rebirth have been underlying elements in much of my work. My art continues to move in a creative spiral. Much of my current work is about issues of race and gender; a return to my concerns of 1972 and The Liberation of Aunt Jemima. Mystery and beauty remain constant forces behind my creative energy. This is the energy that spins the spiral.”—Betye Saar, 2007
Archiving her art: Getty Research Institute Launches African American Art History Initiative And Will Acquire Archive of Los Angeles Artist Betye Saar.
More from the Getty: The Ordinary Becomes Mystical: A Conversation with Betye Saar.
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See, digress, I should memail the OP, but I always collect stuff for a post, you know, in case. So, I began Saar like two months ago. Because- my latest influence with image and texture. Brilliant mind Saar and the work. ' Leo' is my favorite and modeled a piece I'm working on after it though using an empty creme-ohcre frame with that 60s moulding, crumbling. Kinda like looks good hung empty in the foyer.
Great post Monkeytoes.
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