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With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Betye Saar (b. 1926) is one of the most celebrated assemblage artists and a pioneer of both politicized African American art and feminist art. Her work is still cutting-edge in that she never fails to capture the timbre of the times. Her exploration of current racial and feminist issues using a powerful visual lexicon incites a (much needed) sense of urgency. Saar’s construct of a distinctive artistic vocabulary provides her with inexhaustible resources for creating visual meaning. She employs birdcages (symbolizing confinement) and ships (symbolizing slave trade) to investigate the different dimensions of social and spiritual captivity. Her assemblages also include dolls, domestic utensils and hair to reference femininity, and cigarette cases and pipes to imply masculinity. I could write so much more about Saar’s work. I’ll just close with that as a silversmith, I was pleased to learn she also enameled jewelry under the moniker Brown & Tann. I’m still looking for extant examples. Saar is a changer and a maker; a mover and a shaker. Additional resources: https://www.moma.org/artists/5102 http://www.artnet.com/artists/betye-saar/ https://www.robertsprojectsla.com/artists/betye-saar https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8qJoNJ1aM/?igshid=xk9qkkqoofie

Needed to look at everything with a fresh perspective today. https://www.instagram.com/p/CArxRHuJyid/?igshid=vn8rz5jj6j14

Big Sonia on kcpt RIGHT NOW. GO. WATCH. IT. PLEASE. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAoWNF-J6PP/?igshid=1faajae4bbd6e

Just a little ride and post ride reward today. Everything seemed more vibrant today~ https://www.instagram.com/p/B__DJ0jpDhd/?igshid=1u277ps2obi0k

Jandy Nelson said it best when she wrote “It’s like I have a window in my chest where sunlight is pouring in”. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YUCdgJhki/?igshid=nvyypkcat0jj

These flower pots were positively gleaming in the sunshine. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-1GtbOJwU7/?igshid=11h6luo73it8t

We socially distanced at the park tonight. I needed nature and some fresh air. It was glorious: the whipping wind, chirping birds, gurgling brook, frogs, all of it glorious. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-vgeazJ3PN/?igshid=5trciygte0xo

Just taking a moment to breathe deep~ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VgrSuJP-Y/?igshid=1cv8nzjofzofq

Wasn’t that sunshine today BEAUTIFUL? https://www.instagram.com/p/B98YkgYJv5j/?igshid=1n8xgtl12pt2a

Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX. I thought a lot about temporality (if you make your mark, it WILL be covered up) vs. permanence (upended Cadillacs stuck in the ground) and community vs. anonymity - while you’re there with others, there is little to no interaction...what is normally considered illegal is encouraged, but no one manages to make eye contact...you’re upended like the Cadillacs. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9f9umGpjtb/?igshid=1ejxxtkl591cj

From wide open spaces to “the narrows”~ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9aGS94JeGg/?igshid=1vzlemlseysjs

I’ve been craving some wide open spaces- https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Zoy5Cpd8M/?igshid=1i1kosm6z6j7j

at Old Town Albuquerque https://www.instagram.com/p/B9WmuhEJh82/?igshid=w93f2mzgq1dm

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