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Alison Saar
Selected works by exhibition
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
Photo: Paul O'Connor
Current exhibitions
Lives that Bind
a restorative justice installation
Santa Monica City Services Building, City Hall East
Santa Monica, CA
14 Jan 2021
Public commission
Never Done
100 Years Of Women In Politics And Beyond
Tang Teaching Museum
Saratoga Springs, NY
17 Sep 2020 - 6 Jun 2021
Museum exhibition
Alison Saar
Of Aether and Earthe
The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena and the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
Claremont, CA
1 Sep 2020 - 16 May 2021
Museum exhibition
Upcoming exhibitions
Magic Dance
9 Mar 2021 - 1 May 2021
Gallery exhibition
Alison Saar
Mirror Mirror
University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA)
at UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA
16 Feb 2021 - 30 Apr 2021
Museum exhibition
NOT I
Throwing Voices (1500 BCE–2020 CE)
LACMA
Los Angeles, CA
26 Jul 2020 - 29 Nov 2020
Museum exhibition
Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions
view past exhibitions
Alison Saar
Syncopation
29 Jan 2020 - 29 Feb 2020
Gallery exhibition
Alison Saar
Topsy Turvy
28 Mar 2018 - 25 May 2018
Gallery exhibition
Alison Saar
Silt, Soot and Smut
25 May 2016 - 1 Jul 2016
Gallery exhibition
Alison Saar
Slough
3 Sep 2013 - 5 Oct 2013
Gallery exhibition
Selected museum exhibitions
view past exhibitions
Alison Saar
Printmaker
Tandem Press Gallery, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI
25 Mar 2019 - 6 Apr 2019
Museum exhibition
2018 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts
The American Academy of Arts & Letters
New York, NY
8 Mar 2018 - 8 Apr 2018
Museum exhibition
Alison Saar
Harvey B. Gantt Center
Charlotte, NC
29 Jan 2017 - 9 Jul 2017
Museum exhibition
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
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 Sarr,"
Artillery, Nov/Dec 2012: 48.
full article, PDF
Ollman, Leah. "Alison Saar,"
Art in America, 14 Nov 2012.
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
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