23 Feb - 25 Mar 2006

artist profile

press release


SELECTED ARTICLES
Epstein, Rebecca. "Alison Saar: Coup." Los Angeles City Beat, 9 - 15 Mar 2006.
full article, PDF

Myers, Holly,. "Energy bursts from wooden forms." Los Angeles Times, Calendar, 3 Mar 2006.
articles.latimes.com

L.A. Louver is pleased to announce the gallery’s first solo exhibition of the work of Alison Saar. Entitled Coup (derived from the French couper, “to cut” as well as meaning an aggressive blow or rifle shot), the exhibition will include both large and small-scale sculpture, as well as a series of drawings.

Alison Saar’s art is a personal form of visual narrative, which combines her skills in wood carving with a sophisticated understanding of assemblage and folk art techniques. In Saar’s work, spirituality and politics converge, to reflect the artist’s exploration of the role of women, in particular African-American women.