Alison Saar

Alison Saar (Los Angeles, 1956ko otsailaren 5a) Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako eskultore, pintore eta artista da, eta bere lanetan Afrikako diaspora kulturalari eta espiritualtasunari buruzko gaiak aztertzen ditu.

 Bizitza 

 Haurtzaroa eta hezkuntza 
Los Angelesen jaio zen, Kalifornian, artista afroestatubatuar ezagun baten, Betye Saarren eta Richard Saar arte-sustatzailearen alaba. Gurasoek bi alabak animatu zituzten artistak izatera eta arteari zentzu zabalean begiratzera. Txikitan, inguruko museoak bisitatu zituen gurasoekin, eta arte-liburu ugari izan zuen eskura. Art Brut delakoarekin ere kontaktua izan zuen, Simon Rodiaren Watts Towers-en, Los Angelesen, eta Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village-n, Simi Valleyn, besteak beste. Institutuan zegoela, bere aitari laguntzen hasi zen zaharberritze-lanetan. Hainbat kulturatako lanekiko interesa garatu zuen (txinatar freskoak, egiptoar momiak eta kolonaurreko eta afrikar artea), eta horrek material eta teknika zein estetika desberdinen propietateak erakutsi zizkion.

Scripps College-ko BA lortu zuen 1978an, eta arte afrikarra eta Karibekoa ikasi zituen Samella Lewis doktorearekin. Bere tesia arte herrikoi afro-estatubatuarrean oinarritu zuen. Los Angeleseko Otis Art Institutean MFA (Master) bat egin zuen 1981ean.

 Lan ibilbidea 
Bere lana nazioartean erakutsi da, erakusketa garrantzitsuekin, Los Angeleseko UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History-n, New Yorkeko Louver Gallery-n, Phyllis Kind Gallery-n eta Pasadena Museum of California Art museoetan. Dartmouth College-ko artista egoiliarra ere izan zen.

Bere eskulturek eta instalazioek Afrikako diaspora kulturaleko gaiak aztertzen dituzte; horrez gain, espiritualtasunak eta Latinoamerikako, Karibeko, Afrikako artea zein erlijiosoa jorratzeak  eragina izan dute bere lanean.Saar, Alison; Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts; Towson University (2007-01-01)Duped : prints by Alison Saar : Towson University, March 16, 2007-April 14, 2007 : Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, April 20, 2007-August 5, 2007 Herri-artearekiko lilura eta hondakinezko objektuekin edertasun-oasiak eraikitzeko abilezia nabariak dira bere eskultura eta pinturetan.

Rebecca Epstein kritikariak honela idatzi zuen 2006ko «Coup» erakusketari buruz: «[Saarrek] trebetasun handia erakusten du hainbat materialekin (brontzea, larrua, mundruna, zura). Identitate pertsonaleko eta kulturaleko gaiak nahasten ditu, emakume-gorputzen neurriak modelatzen dituenean (askotan, bereak)».

 Sariak 
Alison Saarrek John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation-en beka, National Endowment for the Arts-en artisten beka eta Los Angeles hiriko artisten beka (C.O.L.A.) lortu zituen. 2012an Fellow of United States Artists izendatu zuten. 2012an United States Artists-eko Fellow izendatu zuten.

Sarien kronologia:

 1984: Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts; Artist in Residence, The Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, NY.
 1985: Engelhard Saria, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Artista Egoitzan, Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, N.M; Artist Beka, National Endowment for the Arts.
 1986: Artista egoitzan, azaroa, Washington Project for the Arts.
 1988: Artistentzako Beka, National Endowment for the Arts.
 1989: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Beka.
 1999: Urteko ikasle ohi ospetsuak, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.
 2003: Ikasle Gorenarentzako Saria, Scripps College, Claremont, CA; Artista Egoitzan, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
 2004: Received the COLA Grant, Los Angeles, ca.
 2005: New Yorkeko Arte Batzordeak Excellence in Design saria eman zion, New York, NY.

 Erakusketak 
Bakarkako erakusketak egin ditu honako aretoetan: Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Madison Square Park, NY, Figge Art Museum, eta Massachusetts College of Art and Desing, beste batzuen artean.

Erakusketen kronologia:

 2008
 Alison Saar: Hither, LA Louver, Venice, CA (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar Sculpture and Works on Paper, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY (bakarrik)
 2007
 Alison Saar: Whither, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (bakarrik)
 Day and Night, LA Louver, Venice, CA
 Artists of Color-Paintings, Prints, Collage, Sculpture, and Quilts by African American Artists, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
 2006
 Alison Saar: Coup, LA Louver, Venice, ca (bakarrik)
 2005
 Alison Saar, Pasadena City College, CA (bakarrik)
 2003
 Alison Saar: Tete a Tete, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
 Lost/Found Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar: Artist in Residence, Jaffe-Friede&Strauss Galleries, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, NH (bakarrik)
 Topsy Turvy, Sculpture by Alison Saar, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AR (bakarrik)
 Bittersweet Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (bakarrik)
 2002
 Alison Saar, Muse Boribana, DakArt Biennial, dakar, Senegal (bakarrik)
 2001
 (Post)Teriors, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, ca (bakarrik)
 Exploring Identity: Work by Contemporary African American Women, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA
 2000
 The Swamp: On the Edge of Eden Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (bakarrik)
 Strength and diversity: A Celebration of African-American Artists, Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (bakarrik)
 Picturing the Amazon, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY (bakarrik)
 Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
 Ibilbideak: Contemporary Art in Transition, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY;Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL;Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
 Body Politics: The Female Image in Luba Art and the Sculpture of Alison Saar, The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, CA
 1999
 Alison Saar: Terra Incognita, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar: Recent Work, Herron Gallery, Indianako Unibertsitatea, Indianapolis, IN (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (bakarrik)
 Political Visions, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL (bakarrik)
 Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African-American Women Artists, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; Paul, MN; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME;Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,TX; African-American History and Culture Museca
 1998
 Sculpture by Alison Saar, The Trustees of The Saint-Gaudens Memorial, Cornish, NH (bakarrik)
 The Tip of the Iceberg: A Response to New York Museums, Dorfman Projects, New York, NY
 American Stories, Setagaya Art Museum, Setagaya, Japonia
 1997
 Alison Saar: Hairesies, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, ca (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO (bakarrik)
 1996
 Alison Saar: Strange Fruit, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (bakarrik)
 Alison Saar: The Woods Within, The Brooklyn Museum, The Grand Lobby, Brooklyn, NY (bakarrik)
 Myth and Magic, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
 Subjective Vision, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
 A Labor of Love, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
 1995
 Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York, NY
 Art with Concience, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
 Twentieth Century American Sculpture at The White House, The White House, Washington D. K.
 1993
 Freedman Gallery Albright College, Reading, Pa
 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
 1992
 Installation, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
 Maryland Institute of Art Baltimore, MD
 Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
 Roving Installation, Museo of Contemporary Art Baltimore, MD
 1991
 Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes
 1990
 Secrets, Dialogues, Revelations: The Art of Betye and Alison Saar, Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 
 Celebrations: Sights and Sounds of Being, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
 The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in 1980s, New Museum; Studio Museum; Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art: New York, NY
 Scultural Revolution, Socrates Park, Long Island City, NY
 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
 1989
 Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaika, NY
 1988
 New York, New York, NY
 The Queens Museum, New York, NY
 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
 1986
 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York
 1985
 Niagara Falls, NY
 1983
 Jan Baum Gallery Los Angeles, CA
 1982
 Jan Baum Gallery Los Angeles, CA

 Erreferentziak 

 Kanpo estekak 

 Phyllis Kind Gallery, NYC
 LA. Louver Gallery
 New York Foundation for the Arts: Interview with Alison Saar
 2009 Half-Hour TV Interview on The Creative Community
 KCRW Art Talk with Edward Goldman, "The Painful Beauty of Alison Saar's Stories," 2012

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