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Betye Saar : uneasy dancer / edited by Mario Mainetti.

Saar, Betye, (artist.). Mainetti, Mario, (editor.). Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy), (host institution.).

Summary:

"Uneasy Dancer brings together over 80 works including installations, assemblages, collages and sculptures by the pioneering Los Angeles artist Betye Saar (born 1926) produced between 1966 and 2016. This handsomely designed volume presents Saar's work as a copiously illustrated timeline, with numerous documentary images and exhibition details. "Uneasy Dancer" is an expression Saar has used to define both herself and her artistic practice: "my work moves in a creative spiral with the concepts of passage, crossroads, death and rebirth, along with the underlying elements of race and gender." Through her use of found objects, personal memorabilia and derogatory images that evoke denied or distorted narratives, Saar developed a powerful social critique that challenges racial and sexist stereotypes deeply rooted in American culture." -- D.A.P website.

Record details

ISBN: 9788887029673
ISBN: 8887029679
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Milan : Fondazione Prada, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Fondazione Prada, Milan, September 15, 2016-January 8, 2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Betye Saar: uneasy dancer / Elvira Dyangani Ose -- Timeline: 1926-2016 / Carlo Barbatti and Chiara Costa -- Betye Saar's mojo hands / Richard J. Powell -- "every picture tells a story": out of the album, into the art / Deborah Willis -- Rock goddess: in celebration fo Betye Saar's 90th trip around the sun / Kellie Jones.