Back in 2006 I found this NYT article, The Artist Who Made a Tougher Aunt Jemima Hasn’t Softened With Age, about Betye Saar, who was exhibiting her works in a show entitled Betye Saar: Migrations/Transformations at the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery. There are six pages showing the works in this exhibition, but better images of some of Saar's mixed media work can be fond by selecting her name on the artist's search page. Actually, the images for many artists'works are nicely magnified so you can examine them closely.
A search at SFMOMA finds at least one image of of Saar's work, and some very good interactive features. One of them, Voices and Images of California Art, has profiles of eleven artists, including Saar and Imogen Cunningham. This is a very well done online exhibit, with a wealth of information. The other section, which includes one piece by Betye Saar, is ArtThink, SFMOMA's "curriculum site" which provides ideas and inspiration for students and anyone who might want to explore art-making.
The Wikipedia entry for Saar has some very good links, including my very first Wikipedia correction.
NPR has an excellent article from 2006 available in text with pictures and also in audio, so you can look at the art while listening to the artist - actually there is more to the audio than what is in the transcript.
April 21, 2009
Betye Saar - Assemblage/Collage Artist
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