#Alison Saar
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weepingwidar · 2 months ago
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Alison Saar (American, 1956) - Reapers (2021)
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sunlilys · 2 years ago
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blood/sweat/tears, 2005
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topcat77 · 8 months ago
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Alison Saar American printmaker, b. 1956
Shebop, 2019.
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istandonsnowpiles · 22 days ago
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Rouse by Alison Saar
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theaskew · 6 months ago
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Alison Saar (American, b. 1956, lives and works in Los Angeles), Compton Nocturne, 2012. Three-colour lithograph, 25 1/8 × 19 1/8 in. | 63.8 × 48.6 cm.
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abwwia · 7 months ago
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From left: Tracye Saar-Cavanaugh, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, and Lezley Saar.
Betye Saar, Her Daughters, and the House That Never Stopped Making Art
The pioneering artist and her three daughters on family, creativity, and why being able to see beauty, even in difficult times, is the true mother of invention. | photo Texas Isaiah
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arinewman7 · 2 years ago
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Bat Boyz
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baseball bats and pitch, 2001
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sardens · 2 years ago
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Alison Saar - Arcade
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longlistshort · 9 months ago
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Willie Cole, “American Domestic”, 2016, Digital Print
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(Tom Laidman, “Broadway”, 1993 and “Bois Ma Petite”, 1999, Lithograph on paper)
Currently on view at Akron Museum of Art is RETOLD: African American Art and Folklore, a collection of art from the Wesley and Missy Cochran collection, organized into themes exploring aspects of African American history and culture. The show features many well known and lesser known artists including Amiri Baraka, Beverly Buchanan, Willie Cole, Trenton Doyle Hancock, William Pope.L., Tom Laidman, Jacob Lawrence, Alison Saar and more.
From the museum about the exhibition-
African folklore has been around as long as humankind, and the African diaspora in America has added new dimensions to its rich history. African American folk stories teach about culture, the mysteries of life, and the survival of a race of people bought and sold who continue to thrive in an unjust society.
“RETOLD: African American Art and Folklore” focuses on four themes: Remembering, Religion, Racialization, and Resistance. These themes provide a comprehensive retelling of the works featured in the exhibition. In many of the pieces, the artist’s muse connects closely with stories that have been told generation after generation. Folklore texts are featured throughout the space as a means to retell a richer, deeper story of African American culture.
There are more than forty artists represented in this exhibition, all holding one similar truth: their story of joy and struggle in the African American experience.
In addition to the artwork, there is also an educational video produced by Josh Toussaint-Strauss of The Guardian that explores the misconceptions about Haitian Voudou that is worth a watch.
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How ‘voodoo’ became a metaphor for evil
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onenakedfarmer · 2 years ago
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Daily Painting
Alison Saar SNAKEMAN (1994)
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vestxs · 1 year ago
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coup, 2006 • alison saar
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weepingwidar · 3 months ago
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Alison Saar (American, 1956) - Black Snake Blues (1994)
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misterjt · 2 years ago
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My favorite LA art family
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afrotumble · 2 years ago
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Alison Saar | Artist Profile | NMWA
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juliesandothings · 4 months ago
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Alison Saar, Snake Charmer, (wood, tin, paint, found objects), 1985
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abwwia · 10 months ago
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Alison Saar, Rouse, 2012, wood, bronze, paper, antler sheds, and stamped ceiling tin, dimensions variable, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, 2022.32A-C, © 2012, Alison Saar. Courtesy of L.A. Louver
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