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

WorldCat

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.