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. 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