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1926–2026
Betye Irene Saar (born 30 July 1926; died 26 July 2026) was an artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. She was a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker.
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In Black culture, as far as I know, women [always] worked.
Growing up, especially girls, they like to wear costumes and dress up and pretend to be other things, so that just seemed natural to me.
If you’re an assemblage artist, you don’t throw away anything.
Anything that has to do with the arts is hard living.
Wherever I go, I say: ‘What’s the alternative religion?’ because every country has it.
Hey, I like old boxes and bits of metal. I collect stuff. I can do that, too.
And then I found out if I present this in the right way, it can also be art.
I saw his work and realised that it was OK to make art out of anything.
My intent was to transform a negative, demeaning figure into a positive, empowered woman … a warrior ready to combat servitude and racism.
Theatre sets and lighting influenced my later work … I liked a certain kind of theatrical feeling to my installations.
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