Betye Saar

Influential Feminist Exhibition Comes To LA

Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Woman's Building, Miriam Schapiro, Video, Judy Chicago, Feminist Art, Pacific Standard Time, Los Angeles Art, Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building 1973-1991, Female Artists, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis, Betye Saar, Suzanne Lacy, Feminism, Arts News

Not long ago, women had to fight to earn the title of artist. But the Woman's Building changed that. The Woman's Building was founded in 1973 by ar...

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PHOTOS: Metaphysical And Multicolored, A Daring New Exhibition

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Joseph Cornell, Hans Burkhardt, John Outterbridge, Hank Willis Thomas., Hannelore Baron, Alison Saar, Lezley Saar, Michael C. McMillen, Los Angeles Art, Roberts & Tilton, Betye Saar, Kiki Smith, Kyle Leeser, Ed Kienholz, Man Ray, Gordon Wagner, Maddy Leeser, Radcliffe Bailey, Sola Irene, Romare Bearden, George Herms, LA Gallery, David Hammons, Demetrius Oliver, Dale Brockman Davis, Video, Arts News

The exhibition 'In Context' examines the multicolored threads which helped weave the complex and vibrant 50-year career of Betye Saar. Participating a...

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Paradise Found: This Artweek.LA (October 31 - November 6, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Scot Sothern, JT Burke, Courtney Reid, Peter Frank, Robert Rauschenberg, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Charles White, Jim Mangan, Ed Moses, Laddie John Dill, Betye Saar, Larry Bell, Arts News
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Seeing Red: This Artweek.LA (October 24-30, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Ed Kienholz, Marta Soul, John Outterbridge, David Hammons, George Herms, John M. Miller, Richard Kraft, Betye Saar, Chuck Agro, Arts News
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LA's Day In The Sun

Edward Goldman | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Lacma, Betye Saar, Art Platform, David Hammons, Moca, Pulse Art, Hammer Museum, La Art, Pacific Standard Time Overview, Los Angeles Art Fair, Art Fair, Pacific Standard Time, Pst Overview, Los Angeles Art, La Art Fair, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Just in time for an explosion of exhibitions in museums and galleries all over Southern California, two new art fairs were launched in LA last week. It was a great marketing coup for both, for Art Platform, the bigger and more ambitious of the two, and for Pulse Art. Guilty as charged, I had a chance to see only Art Platform, and was impressed by the roster of dealers and the art they had on display. Here, I will join the chorus of people impressed with Art Platform organizers for raising the bar for all art fairs in our city.

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Too Many Openings, Too Little Time: This Artweek.LA (February 14-20)

Bill Bush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Okinawa, Joseph Cornell, Hans Burkhardt, Bruce Conner, Rauchenberg, Obama, Betye Saar, Claire Falkenstein, Larry Bell, Collage, Tony Berlant, Terry Allen, Beat Generation, Romare Bearden, Louise Nevelson, La Around Town, California Artists, Michael McMillen, Alexis Smith, Hannelore Baron, Thomas Eakins, Surrealism, Ed Moses, Watercolor, Ed Kienholz, Llyn Foulkes, Assemblage, Man Ray, Robert Rauschenberg, Gordon Wagner, Frank Stella, George Herms, Wallace Berman, Klimt, Arts News
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PLAN ForYourArt: January 6-12

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Western Projects, Blum and Poe, League Od Imaginary Scientists, Andrea Fraser, Raymond Pettibon, Blythe Projects, Salomon Huerta, John Baldessari, Roberts & Tilton, Betye Saar, Laxart, Allen Ruppersberg, Kaycee Olsen Gallery, Mark Moore Gallery, Kinkead Contemporary, Rodney McMillian, Peter Shire, Dance, Engagement Party, Martin Kersels, Santa Monic Musuem of Art, Elias Sime, Dgar Arceneaux, William Pope.L, Samba, Edgar Bryan, Charles Gaines, Maloney Fine Art, Elsa Longhauser, Barbara Kruger, Diana Thater, Gagosian, Ed Moses, Cherry and Martin, LeBasse Projects, Culver City, Honor Fraser, The Open Daybook, Lace, Simmons & Burke, Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Laura Owens, Kim McCarty, Roger Herman, Corey Helford Gallery, Mike Kelley, George Herms, Nancy Rubins, Rebecca Morris, Moca, Joe Goode, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

There has never been more worldwide attention on the creative culture of Los Angeles.

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A Collage of Artists: Presenting the Lou Beaches

Lisa Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alpha Lubicz, Lou Beach, Cooper Union, Issa Sharp, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 420 Characters, Contemporary Art, Pasadena Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Alison Saar, Surrealism, John Heartfield, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Betye Saar, Los Angeles, Collage Art, Works on Paper, Gene Pool, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sam Lubicz, LA Weekly, Weather Report, Pasadena, Burbank, Tandanori Yokoo, Matt Groening, Nickelodeon, Max Ernst, Lezley Saar, Arts News
Lisa Adams

There is definitely an argument for working in close proximity to other artists -- that's why they invented art colonies. The Lou Beaches demonstrate that the family that glues together sticks together.

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