Sculpture by Alison Saar
Arizona State University
Art Museum
at the Nelson Fine Arts Center
February 2 through May 5, 2002
Wire, tin, tar miscellaneous objects on wood, 23 x 18 x 19 1/2"
Courtesy of Jo Ann Busuttil.
OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, February 1, 2002
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dual Reception with the exhibition
Hung Liu: New Paintings
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.
ASU Art Museum Exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
Face Off: Michael Ray Charles
and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Rhapsody: Selections
from Valley Collections
Fragile Monuments:
Paper Sculpture by Jyung Mee Park
William Kentridge: Ubu
Tells the Truth and Other Stories
Spectrum: An Idea of History
Art on the Edge
of Fashion
For more information contact John Spiak at spiak@asu.edu.
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