Alison Saar

**Alison Saar** (amuru Febụwarị 5, 1956) bụ onye na-ese ihe na Los Angeles, California, onye mgbasa ozi agwakọta na onye na-ese ihe. Ihe osise ya gbadoro anya na ndị mbịarambịa Africa na njirimara nwanyị ojii yana nka na mmụọ ndị Africa, Caribbean na Latin America na-emetụta ya.  A maara Saar nke ọma maka "ịgbanwe ihe ndị a chọtara iji gosipụta isiokwu nke njirimara omenala na ọha mmadụ, akụkọ ihe mere eme, na okpukpe."  Saar na-eto nne na nna ya, onye na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ na onye na-eme ihe nkiri Betye Saar (née Brown) na onye na-ese ihe na onye nchekwa nka Richard Saar, maka nkpughe mbụ ya na omume metaphysical na ime mmụọ.  Saar soro nzọụkwụ nne na nna ya na ụmụnne ya nwanyị, Lezley Saar na Tracye Saar-Cavanaugh bụ ndị bụkwa ndị na-ese ihe.   Saar abụrụla onye na-ese ihe kemgbe ọtụtụ afọ, na-egosipụta n'ụlọ ngosi ihe nkiri gburugburu ụwa yana ịwụnye ọrụ nka ọha na New York City. Ọ nwetala ihe nrite ihe nrite sitere na ụlọ ọrụ gụnyere New York City Art Commission yana Institute of Contemporary Art na Boston.

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
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A mụrụ Saar na Los Angeles, California, onye a ma ama nke onye America America na-akpụ akpụ na onye na-ese ihe, Betye Saar, na Richard Saar, onye na-ese ihe na onye na-ahụ maka nkà.  Nne Saar Betye tinyere aka na 1970s Black Arts Movement wee na-akpọrọ Alison na ụmụnne ya nwanyị, Lezley na Tracye, gaa n'ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie na oghere nka n'oge ha bụ nwata.  Ha hụkwara Art Outsider, dị ka Simon Rodia 's Watts Towers na Los Angeles na Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village na Simi Valley .  Ịhụnanya Saar maka okike, mmasị siri ike na nka ndị obodo na mmasị nke ndị nka nwere ike imepụta mma site n'iji ihe ndị a tụfuru atụfu sitere na nzụlite ya na ikpughe na ahụmahụ na ụdị nka ndị a.  Alison na nna ya rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nchekwa afọ asatọ, malite mgbe ọ ka nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị.  Ọ bụ ebe a ka ọ mụtara ịsụ ihe, o kwukwara na o mechara mee ka ihe ndị ọ ga-eji mee ihe n’iberibe ya.  Ịmekọ ihe n'ihe ndị sitere n'ọdịbendị dị iche iche — frescoes , mummies Egypt, na nkà Pre-Columbian na Africa —  Alison gbasara njirimara nke ihe dị iche iche, usoro na ihe ịchọ mma .  Ezinụlọ gara n'ihu na-arụ nnukwu ọrụ na ọrụ Saar sitere na mkpali ya ruo na usoro ya. N'okwu nke onye edemede na onye na-agba ajụjụ ọnụ Hadley Roach, "N'ime ndụ Saar, tebụl kichin bụ ihe dị mfe, ụmụaka bụ ndị na-enyere aka, na driftwood na-adọkpụrụ site n'azụ ụlọ ka ọ ghọọ ụkwụ mmadụ." 

Saar nwetara akara ugo mmụta abụọ na akụkọ ihe mere eme nka na nka nka site na Scripps College (Claremont, CA) na 1978, na-amụrụ Dr. Samella Lewis akwụkwọ.   Mgbe ọ gụchara ogo Saar, ọ manyere ya ịchụso ịbụ onye na-ese ihe kama ịmụ nka.  Ihe odide ya lekwasịrị anya na nka ndị mmadụ n'Africa-American.  Ọ natara MFA site na Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles, CA) na 1981.  Mgbe ị na-agụ akwụkwọ na Otis College of Art and Design, Saar kere iberibe ihe eji eme fiber nke zoro aka na Mark Rothko na Tantric Art **.** Ọ bịara ghọta na ya chọrọ ịgbanwe ụdị nka ya ka ọ bụrụ ihe na-egosipụtakwu ma na-adọrọ mmasị karị.  Na mgbakwunye na ọrụ ha dị iche iche Saar na nne ya Betye Saar ewepụtala ihe osise ọnụ, dịka *House of Gris Gris* (1989).  Site na nne ya Alison "ketara mmasị na ihe omimi, chọta ihe, na ikike ime mmụọ nke nkà." 

## Ọrụ mmalite
Na 1981, mgbe ha gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Otis College of Art and Design, Saar na di ya, Tom Leesar, bụkwa onye na-ese ihe, kwagara New York City. Ha jikọtara ọnụ ụlọ nkwakọba ihe na Chelsea ka ọ bụrụ ọnụ ụlọ dị elu, taịlị tin ọ chọtara n'ime ụlọ ha na ụlọ ndị ọzọ nke narị afọ nke 19 na mmalite nke narị afọ nke 20 ghọrọ ihe oyiyi na-emegharị ugboro ugboro na ọrụ ọkpụkpụ ya. 

Na 1983, Saar bụ onye omenkà bi na Harlem na Studio Museum . Ọ gara biri ọzọ na New Mexico na 1985. N'ebe ahụ, ọ jikọtara ụdị obodo ya na Southwest American American na Mexico. 

## Ọrụ
Saar nwere nkà n'ọtụtụ usoro nka, gụnyere ihe ọkpụkpụ ígwè, osisi, fresco, mbipụta osisi, na ọrụ site na iji ihe ndị achọtara.     Ihe ọkpụkpụ ya na nrụnye ya na-enyocha isiokwu nke mbata ọdịnala Africa na ọnọdụ ime mmụọ.  Ọrụ ya na-abụkarị akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe mere eme ma na-ekwenyekarị ọrụ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ahụ dị ka akara njirimara, yana njikọ anụ ahụ na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị njirimara nke oge a.  *Nwoke Snake* (1994), na nchịkọta nke Honolulu Museum of Art, bụ ihe atụ nke otú onye na-ese ihe si akọwa ma omenala Africa na ahụ mmadụ na ọrụ ya. Nzụlite agbụrụ dị iche iche nke onye na-ese ihe, njirimara agbụrụ dị iche iche na ọmụmụ ya na nka na okpukperechi Latin America, Caribbean na Africa agwala ọrụ ya.   Saar na-enyocha omume nke Candomblé, Santería, na Hoodoo .  N'ịkwenye na ihe nwere mmụọ, ọ na-agbanwe ihe ndị ọ maara nke ọma iji kpalie mmetụta mmadụ.  

A na-eji ihe osise dị iche iche mara ihe ọkpụkpụ ya nke ukwuu, nke na-adịkarị ndụ, yana site na ihe dị iche iche na ozi ọ na-eji nnukwu ederede omenala mara ọrụ ya.  Mgbe a jụrụ ya banyere mkpali dị n'azụ ya omume nke itinye n'ọrụ hụrụ ihe ọ na-ekwu, "Ọ dịtụbeghị mgbe m chere na m printmaking dị ka ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ma nke ukwuu banyere ya ịbụ populist, ịnwetanwu na ọnụ. M hụrụ n'anya akụkọ ihe mere eme nke broadsides ebe ndị mmadụ ga-ebipụta a. uri na plasta obodo na ha, na m mere a di na nwunye na-ede uri." 

Ihe ọkpụkpụ Saar na-anọchi anya okwu gbasara okike na agbụrụ site na ahụmịhe onwe ya na ọnọdụ akụkọ ihe mere eme.  Ọtụtụ ọrụ Saar gụnyere ozi na isiokwu akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ndị America America. Ihe ngosi 2018 ya, *Topsy Turvy*, na-ezo aka na agwa Topsy na akwụkwọ akụkọ Uncle Tom's Cabin nke Harriet Beecher Stowe, ụdị agbụrụ agbụrụ dị ogologo.  Saar reimagines Stowe's stereotype dị ka ihe nnọchianya nke resilience na iguzogide kama, àgwà gbanwere site na ịhụnanya mgbe ọ nwetasịrị ajọ omume nke ịgba ohu nke hapụrụ ya oyi na enweghị obi. 

## Mbipụta

* Onye ọzụzụ atụrụ, Elizabeth. *Ihe nzuzo, mkparịta ụka,* *Mkpughe: Art nke Betye na Alison Saar* . Los Angeles, CA: Wight Art Gallery, Mahadum California, 1990.
* Wilson, Judith. "N'okpuru Crossroads: Art nke Alison Saar." Na *Callaloo* 14 no 1 (Winter 1991): 107–123.
* Krane, Susan. *Art na Edge, Alison Saar: Fertile Ground*, Atlanta, GA: Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka dị elu, 1993.
* Nooter Roberts, Mary, na Alison Saar. *Ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nke ahụ: Foto nwanyị na nka Luba na ihe ọkpụkpụ nke Alison Saar* . UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2000.
* McGee, Julie L. "Ubi, Boll, na Ncheta: Maka ihe ngosi nke Cotton na Art African American." Na *Nlebanya Mba Nile nke African American Art* 19 no. 1 (2003): 37–48 .
* Lewis, Samella S. Ndị nka na nka na nka nke America, degharịrị ma gbasaa ed 3rd. , Berkeley: Mahadum California Press, 2003.
* Farrington, Lisa E. "Ịmeghachi onwe ya: Nwanyị nwanyị gba ọtọ." N'ime *akwụkwọ akụkọ nka nwanyị* 24 no. 2 (Mgbụsị akwụkwọ 2003–Winter 2004): 15–23.
* Dallow, Jessica. "Ịghaghachi akụkọ ihe mere eme: Betye na Alison Saar, Feminism, na nnọchiteanya nke Nwanyị ojii." *Ọmụmụ nwanyị* 30 ọ. 1 (2004): 75–113 .
* Dallow, Jessica. *Ọkpụkpụ ezi-na-ụlọ: Nkà nke Betye, Lezley, na Alison Saar* . Chapel Hill: Ackland Art Museum, Mahadum North Carolina na Chapel Hill na njikọ na Mahadum Washington Press, 2005.
* Jones, Leisha. "Ụmụ nwanyị na Abjection: oke nke ọdịiche, akụkụ nke Art." *Omenala Ọhụụ & Gender* 2 (2007): 62–71.
* linton, Meg. *Alison Saar: KA KA...* . Los Angeles, CA: Otis College of Art and Design, Ben Maltz Gallery, 2012.
* Dallow, Jessica. "Mpụpụ na nlọghachi: Ịtụle ahụ nke Nne na Art nke Betye na Alison Saar." *Nka na-emekọrịta ihe na Nne, nke Rachel Epp Buller deziri* . Ụlọ ọrụ mbipụta Ashgate, 2012.

## Hụkwa
 

* *York: Terra Incognita* (2010), Lewis &amp;amp; Clark College, Portland, Oregon

## Ntụaka
Snake (1994), na nchịkọta nke Honolulu Museum of Art, bụ ihe atụ nke otú onye na-ese ihe si akọwa ma omenala Africa na ahụ mmadụ na ọrụ ya. Nzụlite agbụrụ dị iche iche nke onye na-ese ihe, njirimara agbụrụ dị iche iche na ọmụmụ ya na nka na okpukperechi Latin America, Caribbean na soatụ nke otú onye na-ese ihe si akọwa ma omenala Africa na ahụ mmadụ na ọrụ ya. Nzụliteatụ nke otú onye na-ese ihe si akọwa ma omenala Africa na ahụ mmadụ na ọrụ ya. Nzụlite

## Njikọ mpụga

* L.A. 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
* Artists - Alison Saar at Phyllis Kind Gallery (NYC) web site
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