photo © Museum Associates/LACMABetye Saar’s The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972) skewers America’s history of using overtly racist imagery for commercial purposes. “Betye Saar: Call and Response” makes history as the first exhibition to focus on Saar’s (b. The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Mortimer and Sara Hays Acquisition Fund. “Betye Saar: Call and Response” presents Saar’s sketches and corresponding assemblages alongside approximately a dozen of her travel sketchbooks. Saar’s input on the exhibition, organized by Carol Eliel at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, was extensive throughout.

Source: Forbes December 12, 2020 12:49 UTC