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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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- The Collector's Gaze, The Artist's EyeDecember 2012Miller, Nancy BeaFine Art Connoisseur
- The Art of RelationshipsOctober 2006Heartney, EleanorArt in America
- Book ReviewsMay 2005Stretch, Bonnie BarrettARTnews
- New Art BooksOctober 2003Editor, Art TimesArt Times
- Best of the WestJune 1999Busler, Leslie, Gangelhoff, BSouthwest Art
- Pride or PrejudiceMarch 1999Newkirk, PamelaARTnews
- Review of ExhibitionsFebruary 1999Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America
- New York ReviewsNovember 1998Editors, ARTnewsARTnews
- Weighing in on FeminismMay 1997Lovelace, CareyARTnews
- The Studio Museum in HarlemFebruary 1995Mercer, ValerieAmerican Art Review
- ReviewsOctober 1994AN editorsARTnews