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Born 1926 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Assemblage, collage-racial issues, cultural artifacts.
Betye Saar, sculptor and installation artist, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1926. She received a B.A. degree (not in art) from UCLA in 1949, and an M.A. degree in graphic design from... Read full biography
Betye Saar, sculptor and installation artist, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1926. She received a B.A. degree (not in art) from UCLA in 1949, and an M.A. degree in graphic design from California State University, Long Beach in 1960. Then, deciding to be an artist, she returned to college at... Read full biography
Betye Saar, sculptor and installation artist, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1926. She received a B.A. degree (not in art) from UCLA in 1949, and an M.A. degree in graphic design from California State University, Long Beach in 1960. Then, deciding to be an artist, she returned to college at age thirty-four, and had another art experience more formative of her artistic vision. As a child, she watched sculptor Simon Rodia build his now famous Watts Tower out of the accumulated junk,... Read full biography
Betye Saar, sculptor and installation artist, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1926. She received a B.A. degree (not in art) from UCLA in 1949, and an M.A. degree in graphic design from California State University, Long Beach in 1960. Then, deciding to be an artist, she returned to college at age thirty-four, and had another art experience more formative of her artistic vision. As a child, she watched sculptor Simon Rodia build his now famous Watts Tower out of the accumulated junk, refuse and debris of his environment. This fascinating, inventive and nearly mystical experience, combined with her discovery of the boxes of Joseph Cornell in the 1960s, inspired Saar in her own search for an art of constructed, gathered objects. Rather... Read full biography
Betye Saar, sculptor and installation artist, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1926. She received a B.A. degree (not in art) from UCLA in 1949, and an M.A. degree in graphic design from California State University, Long Beach in 1960. Then, deciding to be an artist, she returned to college at age thirty-four, and had another art experience more formative of her artistic vision. As a child, she watched sculptor Simon Rodia build his now famous Watts Tower out of the accumulated junk, refuse and debris of his environment. This fascinating, inventive and nearly mystical experience, combined with her discovery of the boxes of Joseph Cornell in the 1960s, inspired Saar in her own search for an art of constructed, gathered objects. Rather than someone simply engaged in the exploration of aesthetic processes and formulations like so many contemporary artists, Saar gives the... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesBetye Saar Extending the Frozen Moment
2005Steward, James Christen176 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesBetye Saar
2003Carpenter, Jane H116 pages (color)With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection
2003Sherman, Charlotte (Essay)38 pages (color)Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999Editor, Smith College Museum307 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesCollecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998Taha, Halima270 pages (color)Visual Arts in the 20th Century
1997Lucie-Smith, Edward400 pages (color)Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century
1997Powell, Richard J256 pages (color)North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller612 pagesArt Today
1995Lucie-Smith, Edward512 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesWomen, Art, and Society
1990Chadwick, Whitney384 pages (color)The Art of Betye and Alison Saar: Secrets, Dialogues, Revelations
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Lippard, Lucy (essay)0 pagesMixed Blessings New Art in a Multicultural America
1990Lippard, Lucy R279 pages (color)American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer638 pagesAfrican American Artists 1880-1987 Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection
1989McElroy, Guy C (others)125 pages (color)Yesterday and Tomorow California Women Artists
1989Moore, Sylvia (editor)378 pagesInside the L A Artist
1988Marrow, Marva104 pages (color)Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream
1988Rosen, Randy, et al300 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985DuPont, Diana, K Holland402 pages (color)Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesThe Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984Orr-Cahill, Christina199 pages (color)The Pluralist Era: American Art 1968-1981
1984Robins, Corrine246 pages (color)American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer560 pages (color)Southern California Artists 1940-1980
1981
(Exhibition catalog)Ball, Maudette66 pages (color)Fifty West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California
1981Hopkins, Henry; Mimi Jacobs (illustration)128 pages (color)Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis111 pagesArt: African American
1978Lewis, Samella246 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesOriginals:American Women Artists
1976Munro, Eleanor528 pages (color)Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976San Francisco Mus Modern Art272 pages (color)Women Artists in America II
1975Collins, Jim L.430 pagesAfro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973Cederholm, Theresa Dickason348 pagesContemporary Black Artists in America (Whitney Museum of American Art)
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Doty, Robert64 pages (color)