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Betye Saar signed 5x7 inch B&W photo from 1995
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Betye Irene Saar (July 30, 1926 in Los Angeles, California) is an American artist, known for her work in the field of assemblage. Her education included a time at the University of California, Los Angeles, from where she received a degree in design in 1949, and graduate studies in printmaking and education at Pasadena City College, California State University, Long Beach, from 1958 to 1962. Her interest in assemblage was inspired by a 1968 exhibition by Joseph Cornell, though she also cites the influence of Simon Rodia's Watts Towers, which she witnessed being built in her childhood.[1] She began creating work typically consisting of found objects arranged within boxes or windows, with items drawing on various different cultures reflecting Saar's own mixed heritage (African, Native American, Irish and Creole).[1]
In the late 1960s Saar began collecting images of Aunt Jemima, Uncle Tom, Little Black Sambo, and other stereotyped African American figures from folk culture and advertising. She incorporated them into collages and assemblages, transforming them into statements of political and social protest. In the 1970s Saar shifted focus again, exploring ritual and tribal objects from Africa as well as items from African American folk traditions. In new boxed assemblages, she combined shamanistic tribal fetishes with images and objects intended to evoke the magical and the mystical.
When her great-aunt died, Saar became immersed in family memorabilia and began making more personal and intimate assemblages that incorporated nostalgic mementos of her great aunt’s life. She arranged old photographs, letters, lockets, dried flowers, and handkerchiefs in shrinelike boxes to suggest memory, loss, and the passage of time.
In the early 1980s Saar taught in Los Angeles at the University of California and the Otis Art Institute. In her own work she began using a larger, room-size scale, creating site-specific installations, including altar-like shrines exploring the relationship between technology and spirituality, and incorporating her interests in mysticism and Voodoo. Pairing computer chips with mystical amulets and charms, these monumental constructions suggested the need for an alliance of both systems of knowledge: the technical and the spiritual.
Saar was a part of the black arts movement in the 1970s, challenging myths and stereotypes. In the 1990s, her work was politicized while she continued to challenge the negative ideas of African Americans. One of her better-known and controversial pieces is that entitled “The Liberation of Aunt Jemima.” It is a “mammy” doll carrying a broom in one hand and a shotgun in the other, and placed in front of the syrup labels. Her work began with found objects arranged in boxes or windows. The items would reflect her mixed ancestry.
Her ancestry is a mixture of African-American, Irish, and Native American. She married a white ceramist and conservator.
Betye Saar continues to live and work in Los Angeles. Saar is the mother of two artists, Alison Saar and Lezley Saar.
She has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees by [[California College of Arts and Crafts]], California Institute of the Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Otis College of Art and Design, and San Francisco Art Institute.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
* 2006 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
* 2000 Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA and Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY.
* 1999 The University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. and Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO. and The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
* 1998 Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY. and Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. and California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
* 1997 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
* 1996 Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA and The Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State College, PA. and de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA. and Joselyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE.
* 1994 Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.
* 1993 Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA.
* 1992 The Ritual Journey. Josel off Gallery, University of Hartford, CT.
* 1991 Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL.
* 1990 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angel es, CA.
* 1989 Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zea land and Art space, Auckland, New Zea land
* 1988 Taichung Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan.
* 1987 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. and Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
* 1984 MOCA, Los Angeles, CA. and Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
* 1983 Woman’s Art Movement, Adelaide, Australia. and Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia.
* 1982 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
* 1981 Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. and Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY.
* 1980 Studio Museum in Harlem. New York, NY.
* 1979 Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
* 1977 Baun-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
* 1976 Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT. and Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY.
* 1975 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
* 1973 California State University, Los Angeles, CA.
Awards and honors
* 1997 The Visual Artists Award, The Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA.
* 1995 Honorary Doctorate Degrees: California Institute of the Arts and Massachusetts College of Art
* 1993 Distinguished Artist Award, Fresno Art Museum
* 1992 James Van Der Zee Award, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA.
* 1992 Honorary Doctorate Degrees: Otis College of Art and Design and San Francisco Art Institute
* 1991 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
* 1991 Honorary Doctorate Degree: California College of the Arts
* 1990 J. Paul Getty Fund for the Visual Arts Fellowship.
* 1990 22nd Annual Artist Award, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.
* 1984 and 1974 National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship
Selected Collections
* Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
* Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
* High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
* Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
* Kresge Art Museum State University, East Lansing, MI.
* Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
* Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ.
* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
* Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY.
* National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC.
* The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
* The New Jersey State Museum, Newark, NJ.
* The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ.
* The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
* The Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
* The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
* Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
* Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA.
* The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.
* Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
* University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA.
* University of Massachusetts, Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA.
* Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
* Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
Selected bibliography
* Paysour, F. "Wonders of the House of Saar." International Review of African American Art v. 20 no. 3 (2005) p. 51-3
* Willette, J. S. M. "Stitching Lives: Fabric in the Art of Betye Saar." Fiberarts v. 23 (March/April 1997) p. 44-81
* Van Proyen, M. "A Conversation with Betye and Alison Saar" [interview]. Artweek v. 22 (August 15, 1991) p. 3+
* Etra, J. "Family Ties." ARTnews v. 90 (May 1991) p. 128-33
* Saar, Betye, et al. 2005. Betye Saar : extending the frozen moment. Ann Arbor; Berkeley: University of Michigan Museum of Art; University of California Press.
Film and Video
* Betye and Alison Saar [videorecording] : Conjure Women of the Arts. by Linda Freeman and David Irving. c1996, 28 minutes, Color. Chappaqua, NY: L& S Video.
References
1. ^ a b "Biography" (2001). The Legacy Project. URL accessed on Mar. 4, 2006.
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Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment - Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2006
Betye Saar - Extending the Frozen Moment - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Betye Saar - Extending the Frozen Moment - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2005
Description Betye Saar - Extending the Frozen Moment - UMMA - The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
1994
Betye Saar - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1987
Sentimental Sojourn: Betye Saar - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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The Chemistry of Color: Contemporary African-American Artists - Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
2009
Description and image MOCA´s First Thirty Years - MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Description and image Installations Inside/Out - Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Description The Chemistry of Color: The Sorgenti Collection of Contemporary African-American Art - Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith - MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
2008
Description NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York City, NY
Description and image WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Thirty Years of California Modernism - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Since the 1960s: California Experiments - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach
NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith - The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith - Anton Kern Gallery, New York City, NY
Artist as Social Critic: Enrique Chagoya, Betye Saar, Roger Shimomura, and Ben Sakoguchi - Schneider Museum of Art , Ashland, OR
Highlights: African American Art from the Norton Collection - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
MODERNIST WOMEN - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
(un)common threads - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY
Description and image WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York City, NY
PAPER PASSION 2008 - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
... AND FRIENDS - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution - National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
L.A. Object and David Hammons Body Prints - Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
THE SHE OF IT - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Description and image WACK! - Art And The Feminist Revolution - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Family Legacies - The Art of Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar - Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
2006
Family Legacies. The Art of Betye, Lezley, and Alison Saar - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The S-word: The State of ‘Spirituality’ in Contemporary Art - The Judson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculptors on Paper - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Family Legacies - Pasadena Museum of California Art- PMCA, Pasadena, CA
Energy/Experimentation - Black Artists and Abstraction - 1964–1980 - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY
The Artist as Social Critic - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Family Legacies - Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Black Is a Color: African American Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art - Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
California Gold - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Shades of Black[ness] - Davison Art Center, Middletown
2003
Holiday Highlights - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Twenty Fifth Anniversary - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Some Assembly Required - Collage Culture in Post-War America - Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Description Some Assembly Required: Collage Culture in Post-War America - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Black is a Color - African-American Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
African-American Art and Artifacts - Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2002
Parallels and Intersections - Art/Women/California, 1950-2000 - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The Belles of Amherst - Contemporary Women Artists - University of Massachusetts - Amherst Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA
2001
Rhapsody - Selections from Valley Collections - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1994
22° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo
The Return Of The Cadavre Exquis - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1991
New Dimensions: Artists Design Scarves - The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1989
The Appropriate object - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Poetic Object - The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
1978
Benefit Exhibition for Shiro Ikegawa - LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
1970
Contemporary Black Artists - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
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UMMA - The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
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