Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe

Author: Rebecca McGrew (Editor), Irene Tsatsos (Editor, Interviewer), Alison Saar (Artist), Camille Dungy (Contributor), Harryette Mullen (Contributor), Christina Sharpe (Contributor), Evie Shockley (Contributor)
Publisher: Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
Year: 2020
Pages: 164
ISBN: 978-0997930634

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 larger cultural setting, focusing in particular on black womanhood. In life-size wooden sculptures and mixed-media portraits, Saar crafts complex narratives about diasporic identity.