Betye Saar
Subtitle: still tickin'
By: Sara Cochran, director and chief curator
Contributors: Cochran, Sara, curator, interviewer; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Museum De Domijnen
Publisher: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780979893667
Subjects: Assemblage (Art); Mixed media (Art); Exhibitions; African American sculpture; African American art; Interviews; African American women artists
Other titles: Still tickin'
Description: Betye Saar (born 1926) is a legend. For 60 years, she has created powerful artworks that question traditional roles and representations of African Americans and women in the US, as well as deeply personal works about her family history and spirituality. 'Betye Saar: Still Tickin"' considers the breadth of the artist's career and its key themes. To contextualize Saar's works, this volume includes writings by the artist from the 1970s to the present day as well as a recent interview with Saar in which she discusses her artistic practice and her views on history, including the current debate about police violence in the US. "My art becomes an explorer, a tracer of forgotten tribes, a seeker of sanctified visions," explains Saar. "These works are what I leave behind."
Notes: 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.
Table of contents: title: Foreword --; title: In Conversation --; title: Sanctified Visions --; title: Bridge of Memory --; title: Tellin' It Like It Is --; title: In Her Own Hand --; title: Checklist.