Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Her parents inspired her to become a sculptor and taught her about different art materials and techniques. Informed by artistic traditions from the Americas to Africa and beyond, and by her mixed racial upbringing, Saar fuses her paradoxical responses to the black-and-white delineations of political and social forces into a powerful, visual, and kinesthetic tension.
Saar studied art and art history at Scripps College in California and received her master’s in fine arts from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1981. In the 1980s, Saar began making sculptures and installations that focused on the theme of cultures of the African diaspora. Saar uses the history and associations of her materials, everyday experience, African art and ritual, Greek mythology, and the stark sculptural tradition of German Expressionism to infuse her work with an intensity that challenges cultural and historic references and stereotypes.
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 Artist Fellowship, among many other awards. In 2012 she was named a Fellow of United States Artists.
Saar's work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, both in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, the High Museum in Atlanta, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution, among numerous other museums.
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Tatoo, Conceptual Softground etching and Aquatint by Alison Saar
By Alison Saar
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alison Saar (1956 - ) - Tatoo, Year: 1994, Medium: Softground etching and aquatint on BFK Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 20, EP, Image Size: 22 x 13 inche...
Etching, Aquatint
$6,500
H 29.5 in W 37 in
Man, Dog (Blue), Canoe/Shark Fins (One Yellow), Capsized Boat
By John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
It is hard to characterize John Baldessari’s varied practice—which includes photomontage, artist’s books, prints, paintings, film, performance, and installation—except through his ap...
Etching
$750
H 38.2 in W 50 in
A Device for Converting a Chilling Underground Wind into Memory Signed/N Print
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Oppenheim A Device for Converting a Chilling Underground Wind into Memory, 1986 Lithograph Hand signed, numbered 3/100 and dated on lower front 38 1/5 × 50 inches Unframed P...
Lithograph
$5,950
H 32.5 in W 24 in D 1 in
Stripes from the House of the Shaman Rare print Hand Signed ink by Joseph Beuys
By Joseph Beuys
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Beuys Stripes from the House of the Shaman (Hand Signed), 1980 Silkscreen exhibition poster with offset lettering on wove paper; hand signed by Joseph Beuys Boldly signed on t...
Lithograph, Offset
$2,350
H 35 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 1.16" Still Life Photography 35' x 24' in Ed of 10 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.16" Still Life Photography 35' x 24' in Ed of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in ...
Digital Pigment
$556Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 18 in D 0.04 in
Original Cordial Topaze Bordeaux red wine, 1924 lithograph vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original French poster: CORDIAL TOPAZE; Marie Brizard & Roger Bordeaux wine; original lithographic French 1924 antique poster. Signed but an illegible signature. Size: 18" x 24"...
Lithograph
$1,850
H 24 in W 16 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 2.21" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2.21" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thru a deep transformation in 2010. A do...
Digital Pigment
$800
H 31 in W 24 in
RESIST XL T-Shirt (Hand signed and dated by Marilyn Minter, anti Trump protest)
By Marilyn Minter
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Minter RESIST T-Shirt (Hand signed and dated by Marilyn Minter), 2018 Silkscreened Cotton T-Shirt (XL), hand signed in indelible marker Boldly signed and dated 2018 in indeli...
Cotton, Screen, Permanent Marker
$2,350
H 24 in W 35 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 1.21" Still Life Photography 24' x 35' in Ed of 10 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.21" Still Life Photography 24' x 35' in Ed of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in ...
Digital Pigment
$5,500
H 38 in W 22 in
Robert Smithson, Movie Treatment for Spiral Jetty, historic Dwan Gallery print
Located in New York, NY
Robert Smithson Movie Treatment for Spiral Jetty, Dwan Gallery Poster, 1970 Offset lithograph poster 38 × 22 inches Unframed Rare, historic poster feature...
Lithograph, Offset
$2,350
H 35 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 2.17" Still Life Photography 35' x 24' in Ed of 10 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2.17" Still Life Photography 35' x 24' in Ed of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in ...
Digital Pigment
$1,000
H 16.62 in W 16.75 in
NO SMOKING, Rare historic 1970s Fluxus hand pulled silkscreen mid century design
Located in New York, NY
Maciunas & George Brecht, George Maciunas, George Brecht No Smoking, ca. 1973 Rare, historic Hand pulled Fluxus silkscreen Limited edition and rarely found collectible (though exact number produced not known) 16 31/50 × 16 3/4 inches Black and white hand-pulled silk screen by George Maciunas of George Brecht's iconic ”No Smoking” offset wallpaper squares George Maciunas was a Lithuanian American artist, art historian, and art organizer who was the founding member and central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers. "George Maciunas had an extreme dislike of smoking. Being an asthmatic he could not tolerate it personally and with his complete devotion to Fluxus, professionally he felt there was no time or space for such a self-indulgent act. This disdain led fellow Fluxus artist, George Brecht to suggest a “no smoking” sign...
Screen
$1,124
H 19.3 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in
Twenty and one more metamorphosis. Etching, paper, 49 x 64 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Twenty and one more metamorphosis Etching, paper, 49x64 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, U...
Paper, Etching
Ulysses
By Alison Saar
Located in New York, NY
Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Her parents inspired her to be...
Woodcut
Sweeping Beauty
By Alison Saar
Located in New York, NY
Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Her parents inspired her to be...
Woodcut
Conked
By Alison Saar
Located in New York, NY
Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Her parents inspired her to be...
Woodcut