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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Betye Saar"”.
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Crafting the past: the appropriation of found photography in the African-American revisionist art of Betye Saar
This thesis uses Betye Saar as a lens through which to explore how contemporary black artists address negative, inaccurate, or incomplete perspectives of African-American history. It will focus on the popular trend of referencing historic photographs in revisionist art and explore how Saar's method …
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The Significance of Seeking Truth in Art
<p>One of my main objectives in creating art is to emphasize the importance of inner human development and expression of higher being as opposed to reactionary processes that culminate into an art form.</p> <p>My art, my research and my life have blended into a unified assemblage of experiential …
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From the Old to the New World: The Transformation of Kongo Minkisi in African American Art
… James “Son Ford” Thomas, James Van Der Zee, Betye and Alison Saar, Willie Cole and Renee Stout, creating a link between the Kongo past and the American present.