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
$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
$1,115
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
$2,350
H 24 in W 35 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 2.22" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2.22" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thru a deep transformation in 2010. A dor...
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
$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
$2,350
H 24 in W 35 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 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
$2,350
H 35 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 7.20" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 7.20" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thru a deep transformation in 2010. A dor...
Digital Pigment
$2,350
H 24 in W 35 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 8.20" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 8.20" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition 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 Gijó...
Digital Pigment
$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
$2,350
H 24 in W 35 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 1.23" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
By García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.23" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thru a deep transformation in 2010. A dor...
Digital Pigment
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
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