Betye Saar
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Betye Irene Saar was an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. She was a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1
Saar in 1989
The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972) at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Betye Saar with fellow UCLA Bruin Kareem Abdul-Jabbar receiving The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Henry Louis Gates at Harvard on October 6, 2022.
Watts Towers
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The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the
Betye Saar
…her career. She was inspired to create assemblages by a 1967 exhibition by found object sculptor, Joseph Cornell. She was also greatly influenced by Simon Rodia's Watts Towers, which she witnessed being built in her childhood. Saar said that she was "fascinated by the materials that Simon Rodia used, the broken…
Watts Towers
Doorway detail
Wall detail, with mosaic
An explanation of how the Watts Towers are maintained