Betye Saar’s clocks are still ticking at 93
Installation photograph, Betye Saar: Call and Response, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 22, 2019–April 22, 2020, © Betye Saar, photo © Museum Associates/LACMAI’m in Love With the Sad One in the Corner “Betye Saar: Call and Response” on view at LACMA It’s evident that in the L.A. arts community Betye Saar is a living legend. Now 93 years old, Saar’s work is in the permanent collections of over 80 museums. She’s currently being honored through April 5 with “Betye Saar: Call and Response,” a condensed retrospective of recent work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art which combines finished pieces with the preliminary illustrations (from her vast array of sketchbooks) that guided and developed her initial ideas. In other words, this is a glimpse into her process of artmaking. As LACMA director Michael Govan puts it, “Known as an assemblage artist, Saar also sketches constantly, working out ideas triggered by found objects she unearths at flea markets, secondhand stores, and elsewhere.” The show itself, he adds, looks at “the relationship between Saar’s found objects, sketches, and finished works, shedding new light on her art.” Saar’s use of found objects recalls the…
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