Alison Saar

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Full Name	Alison Saar
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1956(1956-02-05)
Age	68
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Alison Saar Biography

Alison Saar is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on February 5, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Alison Saar, a Los Angeles-based mixed-media artist and sculptor, was born February 5, 1956. Her work focuses on African diaspora and black female identities and is heavily influenced by Latin American folk art, spirituality, and Latin American folk culture. Saar is well-known for her ability to “transform found objects into themes of cultural and sociological identity, history and religion.”

Saar’s “Hi, Yella”, a work by Saar, was featured in the 1993 Whitney Biennial, a landmark American exhibition for its critical tone. Roberta Smith, New York Times’ art critic, said that Saar was one of few instances in which the political and the visual work together with real effectiveness. Rebecca Epstein, New York Times art critic, wrote that Saar’s 2006 exhibit Coup showed “deft skill with seemingly inexorable materials (bronze and lead, tar, and wood). She juggles themes personal and cultural identity, as she creates a variety of sizes of female bodies (often hers), that are both buoyant in story but solid in stance.

Significant group exhibitions include: In Profile: Portraits from the Permanent Collection at The Studio Museum in Harlem in 2015; African American Art since 1950: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center, a traveling exhibition and catalogue that was presented at the University of Maryland in 2012, Taft Museum of Art in 2013, Harvey B. Gantt Center in 2014, Figge Art Museum in 2014-15, Polk Museum of Art in 2015, and Sheldon Museum of Art in

2016. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 a large survey exhibition and catalogue produced Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2000; Twentieth Century American Sculpture in the White House Garden at The White House, Washington, D.C., in 1995; and “Building on the Legacy: African American Art from the Permanent Collection” at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia in 2018.

Saar’s work has been exhibited in museums, biennials, galleries, and public art venues. Saar’s work has been exhibited internationally with key exhibitions at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, L.A. Louver Gallery, Phyllis Kind Gallery in New York City, Ben Maltz Gallery, and Pasadena Museum of California Art. She was an artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College and at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Her solo institutional exhibitions include: Alison Saar: Bearing at the Museum of the African Diaspora in 2015-16; Winter at The Fields Sculpture Park, Omi International Arts Center in 2014-15; Hothouse at the Watts Towers Art Center in 2014-15; and STILL… that opened at the Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design in 2012 and traveled to the Figge Art Museum, Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2013.

She was part of the Whitney Biennial 1993, which took place at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Alison Saar Net Worth

Alison Saar is one of the richest Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alison Saar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Saar was born to Betye Saar (a well-known African American sculptor and artist) and Richard Saar (an art conservationist). Saar’s mother Betye was active in the 1970s Black Arts Movement. She took Alison, Lezley, and Tracye to art openings and museums during their childhood. They saw Outsider Art such as Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers, Los Angeles, and Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village, Simi Valley. Saar’s passion for nature, intense interest and admiration of vernacular folk arts and admiration for artists’ ability create beauty using discarded objects stemmed from her childhood and exposure to these types of art. Alison spent eight years working with her father as conservator, beginning in high school. She learned how to carve from her father, and it influenced the materials she used in her work. Alison learned about the properties and techniques of different materials and aesthetics by working with artifacts from various cultures, including Egyptian mummies and Chinese frescoes.

Saar, who had studied with Dr. Samella, received a dual degree from Scripps College in 1978 in art history as well as studio art. Her thesis was about African-American folk art. In 1981, she received her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. Apart from their separate careers, Saar and Betye Saar produced art together. Alison “inherited a fascination for mysticism and found objects from her mother, as well as the spiritual potential of art.”

Saar is a recipient of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, an Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Artist Fellowship. In 2012, she was named a Fellow of United States Artists.

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Top Facts about Alison Saar

1. Alison Saar is an African American sculptor and installation artist.
2. She was born in Los Angeles, California in 1956.
3. Saar’s work explores themes of race, gender, and identity.
4. Her sculptures often incorporate found objects and materials.
5. Saar has exhibited her work internationally since the 1980s.
6. She has received numerous awards and honors for her artistry.
7. Saar’s artwork can be found in major museum collections worldwide.
8. She is a professor of art at UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
9. Saar’s mother, Betye Saar, is also a renowned artist.
10. Her artwork challenges societal norms and stereotypes surrounding black women.

Is Alison Saar African American?

Early life and education. Saar was born in Los Angeles, California, to a well- known African-American sculptor and installation artist, Betye Saar, and Richard Saar, a ceramicist and art conservator.

Is Alison Saar related to Betye Saar?

By Jayme Yahr, Ph. D. Transformation, empowerment, and the reuse of historical objects characterize the work of Betye Saar as well as her two daughters , Lezley Saar and Alison Saar.

Is Alison Saar married?

After Saar graduated from Otis, her husband, Tom Leeser , accepted a job in digital effects in New York City, so they moved into a loft in Chelsea, long before the galleries came.

Where did Alison Saar study?

Saar studied studio art and art history at Scripps College in Claremont, California , receiving a BA in art history in 1978. In 1981 she earned her MFA from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.

Where was Alison Saar born?

Los Angeles, CA