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Betye Saar

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African American sculptor (born 1926)

United StatesArtistsBorn 1926 · age 100
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Betye Irene Saar is an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity.

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Saar in 2016Saar in 2016The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972) at the Smithsonian American Art MuseumThe Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972) at the Smithsonian American Art MuseumBettye Saar with fellow UCLA Bruin Kareem Abdul-Jabbar receiving The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Henry Louis Gates at Harvard on October 6, 2022.Bettye Saar with fellow UCLA Bruin Kareem Abdul-Jabbar receiving The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Henry Louis Gates at Harvard on October 6, 2022.

Awards 3

2012Anonymous Was A Woman Award
1991Guggenheim Fellowship
1989Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award

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Betye Irene Saar is an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity. Her work is considered highly political, as she challenged negative ideas about African Americans throughout her career; Saar is best known for her artwork that critiques anti-Black racism in the United States.

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United States
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Artists
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Artist
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Born 1926 · age 100
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