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Alison Saar
Selected works by exhibition
Cotton, 2018
Art Institute of Chicago
On view indefinitely
Uproot
L.A. Louver, 2023
Syncopation
L.A. Louver, 2020
Chaos in the Kitchen
Frieze Los Angeles, 2020
Topsy Turvy
L.A. Louver, 2018
Silt, Soot and Smut
L.A. Louver, 2016
Slough
L.A. Louver, 2013
Feallan and Fallow
Madison Square Park, New York, NY 2011
Foison and Fallow
L.A. Louver, 2010
Hither
L.A. Louver, 2008
Coup
L.A. Louver, 2006
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
122nd and Frederick Douglass Ave, New York, NY 2006
Bio
1956 Born, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education:
1978 BA, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1981 MFA, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
biography
bibliography
Photo: Nicholas Lea Bruno
Current exhibitions
View from the Studio
13 Nov 2024 - 4 Jan 2025
Gallery exhibition
Shifting Landscapes
Whitney Museum
New York, NY
1 Nov 2024 - 10 Jan 2026
Museum exhibition
Strike Fast, Dance Lightly
Artists on Boxing
Norton Museum of Art
West Palm Beach, FL
26 Oct 2024 - 9 Mar 2025
Museum exhibition
Line & Thread
Prints and Textiles from the 1600s to the Present
New York Public Library
New York, NY
7 Sep 2024 - 12 Jan 2025
Museum exhibition
Alison Saar
Little Big Sister
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE
15 Aug 2024
Public commission/
installation
Juan Francisco Elso
Por América
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami
Miami, FL
23 Oct 2023 - 17 Mar 2024
Museum exhibition
Upcoming exhibitions
The Shape of Power
Stories of Race and American Sculpture
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C.
8 Nov 2024 - 14 Sep 2025
Museum exhibition
Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions
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Alison Saar
Uproot
25 Jan - 11 Mar 2023
Gallery exhibition
Alison Saar
Syncopation
29 Jan - 29 Feb 2020
Gallery exhibition
Alison Saar
Topsy Turvy
28 Mar - 25 May 2018
Gallery exhibition
Alison Saar
Silt, Soot and Smut
25 May - 1 Jul 2016
Gallery exhibition
Selected museum exhibitions
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Picturing Motherhood Now
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, OH
16 Oct 2021 - 13 Mar 2022
Museum exhibition
Alison Saar
Mirror Mirror
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Washington State University
Pullman, WA
7 Sep 2021 - 12 Mar 2022
Museum exhibition
Alison Saar
Of Aether and Earthe
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
Claremont, CA
1 Sep 2020 - 19 Dec 2021
Museum exhibition
Alison Saar
Printmaker
Tandem Press Gallery, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI
25 Mar - 6 Apr 2019
Museum exhibition
Selected public commissions/
installations
Alison Saar
Salon
Paris Olympics 2024 Commission
23 Jun 2024
Public commission/
installation
Alison Saar's Tree Souls
Freedom Monument Sculpture Park
Montgomery, AL
27 Mar 2024
Public commission/
installation
Lives that Bind
a restorative justice installation
Santa Monica City Services Building, City Hall East
Santa Monica, CA
14 Jan 2021
Public commission/
installation
Swing Low
Harriet Tubman Memorial
122nd and St Nicholas Pl
Harlem, NY
13 Nov 2008
Public commission/
installation
Selected art fairs
view past exhibitions
Alison Saar
Chaos in the Kitchen
at Frieze Los Angeles
Paramount Picture Studios
Los Angeles, CA
13 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2020
Art Fair
Publications
Alison Saar: Recipes for Trouble
30 pages, 13 color illustrations
Spiral bound, softcover
6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm)
Alison Saar E-Catalogue
L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
25 May - 1 Jul 2016
Video
Selected articles
Bahr, Sarah. “Lorraine Hansberry Statue to Be Unveiled in Times Square.” New York Times. 19 May 2022.
nytimes.com
Osberg, Annabel. “Alison Saar in Los Angeles: rough, bloody and undaunted.” Financial Times. 17 Nov 2021.
full article, PDF
Schulz, Mike. "Heavy Ideas with Elements of Play: 'Alison Saar: STILL...' at the Figge Art Museum." River Cities Reader, 1 Feb 2013.
full article, PDF
Pitts, Gregg Angaza. "Alison Saar." Artillery, Nov/Dec 2012: 48.
full article, PDF
Roach, Hadley. "Thread to the World: Alison Saar." Bomblog, 17 Nov 2011.
full article, PDF
Ollman, Leah. "Alison Saar gives her sculptures an inner life." Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar 2011.
full article, PDF
Altman, Rebekah. "Identity in the Balance. The Iconic Works of Alison Saar." Santa Barbara Seasons. Fall 2009.
full article, PDF
Clark, Erin. "Thinking Out Loud. Alison Saar." Artworks Magazine, Winter 2008.
full article, PDF