Topsy Turvy: Sculpture by Alison Saar
Alison Saar creates powerful figures carved from wood, patinaed and encrusted with found objects and ornamental ceiling tin. Her narrative works are poignant explorations of her personal experiences as a mixed race woman. Her works tell of her rich African American heritage – African art, myths and African American stories – and the difficulty of living with racial stereotypes.
About the Artist
Saar received a BA from Claremont, Scripps College, in 1978 and her MFA three years later from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, where she continues to live and work. She has been the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and two artist fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her solo exhibition venues include the High Museum of Art, the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago; and her group show venues include the Denver Art Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the Studio Museum of Harlem.
Opening Reception
On Friday, February 1, the ASU Art Museum will present dual receptions for Topsy Turvy: Sculpture by Alison Saar and Hung Liu: New Paintings from 7 – 9pm at the Arizona State University Art Museum’s
Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Heather Lineberry, Topsy Turvy: Sculpture by Alison Saar will be installed in the Turk Gallery and Lobby of the Arizona State University Art Museum’s Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
Duration
Topsy Turvy: Sculpture by Alison Saar (February 2 – May 5, 2002) is open Tuesday from 10am – 9pm, Wednesday through Saturday from
10am to 5pm, and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.
Support
The exhibition and related programs are supported in part by Mikki and Stanley Weithorn; the Arizona Commission on the Arts, with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts; and the Friends of the ASU Art Museum.
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