{"id":2022,"date":"2013-03-01T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2013\/03\/01\/the-empty-auditorium-at-the-massachusetts-college\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:04:09","slug":"the-empty-auditorium-at-the-massachusetts-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/the-empty-auditorium-at-the-massachusetts-college","title":{"rendered":"The empty auditorium at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design awaits Alison Saar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" data-id=\"2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_miwi7bifjf1qh5e10o1_1280-1024x608.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_miwi7bifjf1qh5e10o1_1280-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_miwi7bifjf1qh5e10o1_1280-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_miwi7bifjf1qh5e10o1_1280-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_miwi7bifjf1qh5e10o1_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The empty auditorium at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massart.edu\/#!faces\">Massachusetts College of Art and Design<\/a> awaits <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/html\/saar_bio.html\">Alison Saar\u2019s<\/a> arrival. She held a lecture at the school last Wednesday, Feb 27th. If you weren\u2019t fortunate enough to be in the audience, here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oIYNgrPxB78\">a little phone interview with Saar that preceded the talk.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, this isn\u2019t the last MassArt will see of Alison Saar. Her current exhibition \u201cSTILL\u2026\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.figgeartmuseum.org\/Figge-Art-Museum-(1)\/December-2012\/Alison-Saar-STILL.aspx\">now on view at the Figge Art Museum<\/a>), will travel to MassArt\u2019s David and Sandra Bakalar Gallery in January 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/clemntina.tumblr.com\/post\/44170312487\">clemntina<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>super early but who the hell cares I\u2019m about to see Alison Saar live and in color<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The empty auditorium at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design awaits Alison Saar\u2019s arrival. She held a lecture at the school last Wednesday, Feb 27th. If you weren\u2019t fortunate enough to be in the audience, here\u2019s a little phone interview with Saar that preceded the talk. 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