Betye Saar

by Steward, James Christen

• ISBN13: 9780520246621
• ISBN10: 0520246624
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

"Betye Saar's interest in nostalgia, memory, and history is often expressed through the incorporation of found photographs in her assemblages. The photographic fragment, "the frozen moment," is a vital thread in Saar's work, holding the power to challenge stereotypes and reconstruct and reclaim the identities of those lost to history. Surveying the career of this remarkable artist through the lens of photography offers fresh perspectives on contemporary art, feminism, and American culture and politics from the 1960s and 1970s to our own time."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

"Lest We Forget": The Liberating Art Of Betye Saar

Artist's Statement

Looks and Gazes: Photographic Fragmentation and The Found Object

Curator of Photography

The Smithsonian Institution

To/From Los Angeles With Betye Saar

Reverencing The Mortal

Assemblage Art as Prophetic Protest in Post-World War Ii California

From Frozen Moment to Spectator Participation

Assemblage and Installation in The Oeuvre of Betye Saar

The Studio Museum in Harlem

Catalogue Entries and Plates (Grouped Thematically)

Mysticism

Ancestry and Ritual

Racial Imagery and Stereotypes

Nostalgia And Memory

Colored

Notes to the Catalogue Entries Artist's Chronology Selected

Bibliography

Index

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