Betye Saar (b. 1926, Los Angeles) is one of the most talented artists of her generation. She has only recently garnered the attention her talents deserve, however, no doubt largely because she is a black woman who came of age in the 1960s outside of New York City.
The exhibition "Betye Saar: Call and Response" looks at the relationship between found objects, sketches the artist then makes in small sketchbooks--which Saar has made throughout her career--and finished works.
In this short video LACMA’s Senior Curator of Modern Art and organizing curator of the exhibition, Carol S. Eliel, shares a few highlights from this rare look into a process that has spanned Saar’s entire career.
00:00 Introduction and Exhibition Overview
01:27 Saar Discusses Her Artwork "I'll Bend But I Will Not Break"
04:55 Artwork "A Loss of Innocence" and Sketchbooks
07:28 Artwork "A Call to Arms" and Sketchbooks
10:12 Artwork "Sanctuary Awaits" and Sketchbooks
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