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alison saar portrait
Photo: Paul O'Connor 2005

Alison Saar
1956 Born in Los Angeles, CA

Education
1978 BA, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1981 MFA, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

full biography

bibliography
 

Selected articles

Altman, Rebekah. "Identity in the Balance.
The Iconic Works of Alison Saar." Santa Barbara Seasons. Fall 2009.
click to read full article

Clark, Erin. "Thinking Out Loud. Alison Saar."
Artworks Magazine, Winter 2008

click to read full article

 

Upcoming exhibition

Alison Saar
Foison and Fallow
15 September - 30 October 2010
Reception for the artist: 15 September 2010, 6 - 8 pm
click to read the press release

 

Recent events

Dedication
Lewis & Clark "York: Terra Incognita"
Saturday, 8 May, 10 am
On the lawn to the west of Aubrey R. Watzek Library
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, Oregon
(J.R. Howard Hall lobby in the event of rain)
go.lclark.edu

Dedication of Alison Saar's Swing Low, Harriet Tubman Memorial (in conjunction with Scripps Tea)
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Williamson Gallery courtyard
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
Scripps College
1030 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, California 91711
www.scrippscollege.edu/williamson-gallery

 

Recent exhibitions

Alison Saar: Hither
8 March - 5 April 2008

 

Group Show
31 March - 6 May 2006

Alison Saar: Coup
23 February - 25 March 2006

 

Sculpture
9 July - 28 August 2004
Deborah Butterfield, Edgard de Souza, Richard Deacon, Mark di Suvero, Nancy Reddin Kienholz, John McCracken, Michael C. McMillen, Gwynn Murrill, Ken Price, Alison Saar, Joel Shapiro, Peter Shelton

 

Recent exhibitions elsewhere

Alison Saar
Sculpture and Works on Paper

curated by Deborah Ronnen
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Rochester, NY
2 May - 1 June 2008
www.rochestercontemporary.org

Selected article:
Low, Stuart. "Rochester Contemporary Art Center features exhibit of Alison Saar art."
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 11 May 2008.
click to read full article

Family Legacies
The Art of Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar

30 April – 24 September 2006
Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California
www.pmcaonline.org

 

 

 

 
Alison Saar: Hither
8 March - 5 April 2008 >>
click here for full exhibition page
 
      Alison Saar: Coup
23 February - 25 March 2006 >>
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      Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
122nd and Frederick Douglass Ave.
Commissioned by the City of New York >>
 
                      Other work available >>
 
 
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alison saar - Bareroot

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Hither (detail)
 
 
 
Hither
 

  
Bareroot
  

 
 
Coup
 
 
Proclamation
 
 
Harriett Tubman Maquette
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission
 
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission (detail)
 
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission (detail)
 
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission (detail)
 
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission (detail)
 
 
 
Blood / Sweat / Tears