Alison Saar: Slough

< 2013

Gallery exhibition

Alison Saar
Slough

Installation photography /
Alison Saar: Slough

Installation photography /
Alison Saar: Slough

Installation photography /
Alison Saar: Slough

Installation photography /
Alison Saar: Slough

Installation photography /
Alison Saar: Slough

Installation photography /
Alison Saar: Slough

Installation photography /
Alison Saar: Slough

Installation photography /
Alison Saar: Slough

Alison Saar /
Backwater Blues (sugar sack shroud series), 2013 /
found sugar sacks, steps, door frame and shutters, gesso, charcoal, and acrylics / 100 x 36 x 12 in. (254 x 91.4 x 30.5 cm)

Alison Saar /
Bramblin' Blues, 2013 /
glass, brambles /
8 x 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 29.2 x 19.1 cm)

Alison Saar /
Cat's Cradle, 2013 /
wood, tin, acrylics, graphite and cotton cloth /
33 x 10 x 8 in. (83.8 x 25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Alison Saar /
Cotton Eater, 2013 /
wood, cotton, acrylic, and tar /
52 x 12 x 8 in. (132.1 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm)

Alison Saar /
Cotton Eater (head), 2013 /
ceramic, acrylic, graphite, and cotton balls /
7 1/2 x 16 x 9 in. (19.1 x 40.6 x 22.9 cm)

Alison Saar /
Foundered, 2013 /
glass, found ship model, coal dust, silicone, and acrylic /
7 1/2 x 13 x 9 in. (19.1 x 33 x 22.9 cm)

Alison Saar /
Milk Teeth, 2013 /
paper, glue, cast resin, tar, and found child's chair /
dimensions TBD

Alison Saar /
Morass, 2013 /
glass, oils, and tar /
7 1/2 x 14 x 9 in. (19.1 x 35.6 x 22.9 cm)

Alison Saar /
Pallor Trick, 2013 /
cast bronze, wood, and silk /
13 x 6 x 6 in. (33 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)

Alison Saar /
Pearly, 2013 /
paper, foam, glue, acrylic, graphite, and polyester cloth /
140 x 32 x 16 in. (355.6 x 81.3 x 40.6 cm)

Alison Saar /
Pearly study (sugar sack shroud series), 2013 /
found sugar sacks, gesso, charcoal, polyester cloth /
110 x 37 x 6 in. (279.4 x 94 x 15.2 cm)

Alison Saar /
Pret-a-Porter, 2013 /
paper, matte medium, wax, pigment, and found suitcases /
Suitcase 1 of 2: 26 x 15 x 8 in. (66 x 38.1 x 20.3 cm) /
Suitcase 2 of 2: 28 x 14 x 9 in. (71.1 x 35.6 x 22.9 cm)

Alison Saar /
Shorn, 2013 /
wood, wire, glass /
32 x 11 x 11 in. (81.3 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm) /
Private collection

Alison Saar /
The Cotton Eater study (sugar sack shroud series), 2013 /
found sugar sacks, gesso, charcoal and graphite /
81 x 37 in. (205.7 x 94 cm)

Alison Saar /
Thistle and Twitch (Mombie), 2013 /
paper, glue, acrylics, and found brambles /
96 x 24 x 16 in. (243.8 x 61 x 40.6 cm)

Alison Saar /
Via Lactea, 2013 /
wood, cast bronze, and acrylic /
54 x 18 x 12 in. (137.2 x 45.7 x 30.5 cm)

Alison Saar /
Spring, 2011 /
cast bronze /
120 x 42 x 60 in. (304.8 x 106.7 x 152.4 cm)

Alison Saar /
Summer, 2011 /
cast bronze /
96 x 28 x 30 in. (243.8 x 71.1 x 76.2 cm)

3 Sep - 5 Oct 2013

artist profile

press release

Selected articles

Ollman, Leah. "With raw elegance, Alison Saar conveys bitter truths."
Los Angeles Times, 26 September 2013.
full article, PDF

Calder, Diane. "Alison Saar and Tom Wudl."
Art Scene, October 2013.
full article, PDF

Muchnic, Suzanne. "Alison Saar."
ARTnews, January 2014.
full article, PDF

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