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alison saar portrait
Photo: Paul O'Connor 2005

 

Alison Saar

1956 Born in Los Angeles, CA

Education:
1978 BA, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1981 MFA, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

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Current Museum exhibitions

Makers in Print
includes: Alison Saar
Institute of Visual Arts (Inova) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
18 January - 24 March 2013
www4.uwm.edu 
 
     
Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions
Group show
28 February - 30 March 2013

Alison Saar: Foison and Fallow
15 September - 30 October 2010
     

Alison Saar: Hither
8 March - 5 April 2008
 

Group Show
31 March - 6 May 2006
     
Alison Saar: Coup
23 February - 25 March 2006
 

Sculpture
9 July - 28 August 2004
    → view all past L.A. Louver exhibitions

Selected museum exhibitions
Alison Saar: STILL . . . 
traveled from: Figge Art Museum
Davenport, Iowa
8 February - 14 April 2013
and
Ben Maltz Gallery
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA
18 August - 27 October 2012

Makers in Print
includes: Alison Saar
Institute of Visual Arts (Inova) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
18 January - 24 March 2013
www4.uwm.edu 
     

Lighthouse/Lightning Rod:
Scenic design by Alison Saar
Civic Center of Greater Des Moine, Iowa
9 February 2013

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Brooklyn, NY
27 September - 30 September 2012

Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Scottsdale, AZ
Friday 16 November 2012
 

The Memory Project
including Alison Saar
Space 301
Mobile, Alabama
13 April - 31 December 2012
www.centreforthelivingarts.com
     

Seen & Scene: The Imagined Landscape
including Alison Saar
11 May - 29 July 2012
www.descansogardens.org
 

Alison Saar:
Feallan and Fallow
22 September - 31 December 2011
Madison Square Park
New York, NY
www.madisonsquarepark.org
    → view all past museum exhibitions

Selected articles
Altman, Rebekah. "Identity in the Balance. The Iconic Works of Alison Saar."
Santa Barbara Seasons. Fall 2009.
read full article		 Clark, Erin. "Thinking Out Loud. Alison Saar."
Artworks Magazine, Winter 2008
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Foison and Fallow
15 September - 30 October 2010 >>
  		      Alison Saar: Hither
8 March - 5 April 2008 >>
  		      Alison Saar: Coup
23 February - 25 March 2006 >>
 
      Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
122nd and Frederick Douglass Ave.
Commissioned by the City of New York >>
  		                      Other work available >>
  		 
alison saar, en pointe sculpture, 2010, lalouver gallery alison saar, Fallow, 2010, lalouver gallery spacer alison saar, sea of serenity, 2010, lalouver gallery alison saar - Hither sculpture Hither

alison saar - Bareroot

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En Pointe
 
 
 
  
Fallow
      
Foison
  		  
 
Hither (detail)
 
 
 
Hither
  

  
Bareroot
  

  
 
Coup
  
 
Proclamation
  
 
Harriett Tubman Maquette
  
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission
 
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission (detail)
 
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission (detail)
 
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission (detail)
 
 
 
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Commission (detail)
 
 
 
Blood / Sweat / Tears