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Alison Saar : of aether and earthe / coedited by Rebecca McGrew, Irene Tsatsos ; contributions by Camille T. Dungy, Rebecca McGrew, Harryette Mullen, Alison Saar, Christina Sharpe, Evie Shockley, Irene Tsatsos.

Drawing inspiration from the imagery of African, Caribbean and Latin American folk art as well as found objects and her own upbringing in a multiracial artist family, Los Angeles artist Alison Saar (born 1956) creates works that reflect on the duality of body and spirit within the context of a large...

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Corporate Author: Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.) (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Saar, Alison (Contributor), McGrew, Rebecca (Editor, Contributor), Tsatsos, Irene (Editor, Contributor), Dungy, Camille T., 1972- (Contributor), Mullen, Harryette Romell (Contributor), Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth (Contributor), Shockley, Evie, 1965- (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Claremont, California : Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, [2020]
Subjects:
Saar, Alison > Exhibitions.
Saar, Alison > Interviews.
Art, American > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Sculpture > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Mixed media (Art) > 21st century > Exhibitions.
African American art > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Saar, Alison.
African American art.
Art, American.
Mixed media (Art)
Sculpture.
Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
Table of Contents:
  • Alison Saar's radical art of sustenance / Rebecca McGraw
  • perched / Evie Shockley
  • Between what we see / Alison Saar and Irene Tsatsos in conversation
  • Alison Saar, alchemist : "the hand is in the making of textures" / Christina Sharpe
  • Show us what you're made of / Camille T. Dungy
  • Still waiting / Harryette Mullen
  • Autobiographical timeline / Alison Saar
  • Exhibition checklist
  • Contributor biographies.

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