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Betye Saar : call and response

Title
Betye Saar : call and response / Carol S. Eliel.
Author
Eliel, Carol S., 1955-
Publication
  • Los Angeles, CA : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Munich ; New York, NY : DelMonico Books·Prestel, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, issuing body, host institution.
  • Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution.
  • Nasher Sculpture Center, host institution.
Description
95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait; 20 cm
Summary
"This publication presents Betye Saar's sketchbooks--which she has kept during her entire career--for the first time and offers insights into the artist's creative process. A child of the Great Depression and one of the only African American students in her UCLA art program, Betye Saar has, over the course of more than six decades, made work that exposes stereotypes and injustices based on race and gender. From early prints and watercolors to Joseph Cornell-inspired assemblages and full-scale sculptural tableaux, her work has inspired generations of artists. This ingeniously designed publication plays off the format of Saar's original sketchbooks. Made throughout her extraordinary career, Saar's sketches are an integral part of her creative process and offer a greater understanding of the themes woven into her finished works, which are also featured in the book. Saar's sources and influences range from Simon Rodia's Watts Towers and Haitian Vodou fetishes to Australian Aboriginal paintings, Native American leatherwork, and African American history, literature, and music. An original, intimate, and valuable resource for Saar's many fans, this book will also educate future generations about Saar's significant contributions to American art. Published with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art"--
Alternative Title
Call and response
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 22, 2019-April 5, 2020; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, May 27-September 13, 2020; and Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, February 13-May 9, 2021.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The mystery touching the beauty: Betye Saar and the creative process / Carol S. Eliel -- Works in the exhibition.
Call Number
Sc D 20-302
ISBN
  • 9783791358789
  • 3791358782
LCCN
  • 2019016672
  • 40029480059
OCLC
1097461483
Author
Eliel, Carol S., 1955- author.
Title
Betye Saar : call and response / Carol S. Eliel.
Publisher
Los Angeles, CA : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Munich ; New York, NY : DelMonico Books·Prestel, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
EXHIB: L.A. COUNTY MUS, 9/22/19-4/5/20, MORGAN LIBRARY, 5/27-9/13/20. INCL. ESSAY. CO-PUB. W/ LACM.
Added Author
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, issuing body, host institution.
Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution.
Nasher Sculpture Center, host institution.
Other Standard Identifier
40029480059
Research Call Number
Sc D 20-302
JQD 21-88
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