The African-American assemblage artist Betye Saar makes works powerfully spanning the past, present, and future and exploring the black, female, and spiritual.

Betye Irene Saar (born July 30, 1926) is an African-American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. Saar has been called "a legend" in the world of contemporary art. She is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker.

Betye Saar. In Betye Saar’s work, time is cyclical. History and experiences, emotion and knowledge travel across time and back again, linking the artist and viewers of her work with generations of people who came before them. ... Robert Barrett, “Conversation with the Artist,” in Betye Saar: Secret Heart, ed. Lizetta LeFalle-Collins ...

Betye Saar is an American artist known for assemblage and collage works. View Betye Saar’s 214 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.

Betye Irene Saar (born July 30, 1926) is an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage.Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity. [1] Her work is considered highly political, as she challenged negative ideas about …

Her first works were color etchings, but in the late sixties, she changed direction after attending an exhibition of boxes by Joseph Cornell. Drawing on a childhood interest in mysticism and the occult, she began a series of boxes based on African and Oceanic myths.

2025年1月31日 · At 98 years old, “Betye Saar is a living legend,” said curator Dieter Roelstraete. “One way I’ve referred to her in the past is the matriarch of the Angeleno African American arts scene.” “Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar” opened this week and runs through April 27. It features more than 60 costume designs ...

“Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight” transforms an entire room in the Scott Galleries into what the artist calls a “cocoon-like environment.” The walls are painted in an oceanic blue gradient, featuring a poem by Saar and phases of the moon.

Betye Saar’s assemblages, prints, and mixed media works investigate the convergence of spirituality, identity, and femininity, and challenge stereotypical representations of blackness.

2024年1月29日 · Now 97, the mixed media artist has demonstrated that conviction during a 50-year career, using found objects to articulate the Black American experience and critique its commodification.