Betye Saar: Uneasy Dancer |
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Artist:
| Saar, Betye |
Editor:
| Mainetti, Mario Costa, Chiara Dyangani Ose, Elvira |
Foreword by:
| Prada, Miuccia Bertelli, Patrizio |
Text by:
| Powell, Richard J. Willis, Deborah Jones, Kellie |
ISBN: | 978-88-87029-67-3 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
Publisher: | Fondazione Prada
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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Uneasy Dancerbrings together over 80 works including installations, assemblages, collages and sculptures by the pioneering Los Angeles artist Betye Saar (born 1926) produced between 1966 and 2016. This handsomely designed volume presents Saar's work as a copiously illustrated timeline, with numerous documentary images and exhibition details. "Uneasy Dancer" is an expression Saar has used to define both herself and her artistic practice: "my work moves in a creative...
More Description Uneasy Dancerbrings together over 80 works including installations, assemblages, collages and sculptures by the pioneering Los Angeles artist Betye Saar (born 1926) produced between 1966 and 2016. This handsomely designed volume presents Saar's work as a copiously illustrated timeline, with numerous documentary images and exhibition details.
"Uneasy Dancer" is an expression Saar has used to define both herself and her artistic practice: "my work moves in a creative spiral with the concepts of passage, crossroads, death and rebirth, along with the underlying elements of race and gender." Through her use of found objects, personal memorabilia and derogatory images that evoke denied or distorted narratives, Saar developed a powerful social critique that challenges racial and sexist stereotypes deeply rooted in American culture.