A salvaged weathered wooden window frame isolates and surrounds a series of nine small vignettes in the upper half of the composition. Under depictions of stars and phases of the moon are a phrenological chart, a representation of Leo (Saar’s astrological sign), a daguerreotype, and, in the center, a pair of skeletons

Betye Saar, Black Girl's Window, 1969

#art #painting #BetyeSaar

American artist Betye Saar, a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity.

Return to Dreamtime, 1990
(color intaglio - screenprint)

#BetyeSaar #Contemporaryart #Assemblage #Printmaking

A discussion of assemblage, a practice of art production that combines disparate everyday objects and materials to create new meanings and forms,

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#moca #museumofcontemporaryart #GeorgeHerms #betyesaar #HelenMolesworth #assemblage #menasgallerychicago #menasgallery

Bettye Saar Black art Black Art Movement Black History Month Artist Booksky BlackBookSky Booktok BlackBooktok

Black History Month
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Day 12
#booksky #BlackBookSky #booktok #bookworm #TBRList #BlackHistoryMonth #books
#BlackArtMovement #Art #ArtHistory #BetyeSaar #assemblageart #artist

Betye Irene Saar, 1926, is renowned for her assemblage work, visual storytelling, and printmaking. As part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, Saar's political art challenged negative stereotypes and racism towards African Americans.
#BetyeSaar #africanamericanartists

Artists I like/adore/respect:

#LouiseBourgeois
#HenriMatisse
#AnnieLeibovitz
#paulsimon
#RomareBearden
#JodieComer
#EmilianaTorrini
#YukimiNagano
#JoepBeving
#Picasso
#BetyeSaar
#NatashaLyonne
#Vangogh
#JeanMichelBasquiat
#JoanMiro
#hilmaafklint
#QuentinTarantino

#gettingtoknowme
#art
#music

#BetyeSaar #artist at #huntingtonlibrary

EJI Legacy Gallery Features New Commission from Legendary Artist Betye Saar Ms. Saar’s latest piece uses art to reinforce learning about the legacy of slavery.

Montgomery, don’t miss: EJI Legacy Gallery exhibiting new commission fr legendary 👑 #BetyeSaar. “Seeking Secrets of Destiny” was installed yesterday inside the expanded #LegacyMuseum in downtown Montgomery, Alabama (where her daughter, Alison Saar is also feat.) eji.org/news/eji-leg...

yesterday I also visited The Performance of Shadows, curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis @artmuseumuoft, featuring works by (1) Erika DeFreitas; (2) Tim Whiten; and (3) Betye Saar ; also, (4) UofT is pretty in the fall ‍🎓 🍂

#timwhiten #erikadefreitas #betyesaar