5WomenArtists Spotlight: Alison Saar - English with Audio Description [mlpuwbCkhM7]
In honor of Women's History Month, help the public name #5WomenArtists of color. In a spotlight video, learn about Alison Saar (b. 1956, Los Angeles, California). Saar creates artworks that frequently transform found objects to reflect themes of cultural and social identity, history, and religion. Saar’s sculptures, installations, and prints encompass a multitude of personal, artistic, and cultural references that reflect the plurality of her own experiences. Learn more about the artist→ Learn more about the #5WomenArtists challenge: ____________________________________________________________________ This video features the track “All Of Me” by Grace McNally (Video editing by Courtney Jines) Artwork Credits "Backwater Blues," 2014; Woodcut, chine colle, 27 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.; Promised gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the artist "Compton Nature," 2012; Color lithograph, 19 1/4 x 25 in.; Promised gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the National Museum of Women in the Arts "Coup de Grace," 2012; Color lithograph, 19 1/8 x 25 1/8 in.; Promised gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the National Museum of Women in the Arts "Mirror, Mirror: Mulatta Seeking Inner Negress II," 2014; Woodcut on chine colle, 40 1/2 x 23 1/3 in.; Promised gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, Dean Emerita of Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore "Shorn," 2014; Woodcut, 32 x 19 in.; Promised gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the artist "Snake Man," 1994; Woodcut and lithograph on paper, 28 in x 42 9/16 in.; Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the artist "Somnambulist," 1991; Woodcut on paper, 25 x 18 in.; Promised gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the artist "Sweeping Beauty," 1997; Woodcut on paper, 75 1/4 x 33 1/8 in.; Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of the artist National Museum of Women in the Arts; © Alison Saar; Photos by Lee Stalsworth