Renowned Artist Alison Saar Shows Sculptures At U-Md. Driskell Center
October 03, 2013
New art exhibition at the Driskell Center is an opportunity to see "Alison Saar: Still..."
By Wanda Jackson, The Sentinel
A new art exhibition at the Driskell Center is an opportunity to see works by an artist whose originality an LA Times art critic likened to Michelangelo.
“Alison Saar: Still…” is a collection of 11 sculptures created by artist Alison Saar. It is on display through Dec. 13 in the gallery at the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Saar’s work is deeply tied to her multiracial heritage, and it is through this lens that she so strikingly captures the human spirit, according to a pre-opening news release by the center.
Combining African art and ritual, Greek mythology and German aspects of expressionism, Saar challenges stereotypes and offers an indictment of human discrimination.
Through her sculptures, she displays the primal intensity of people underlying the civility of everyday life.
Saar scrutinizes bigotry and historical burdens and portrays these concepts through a visual and kinesthetic tension, common in many of her pieces.
One such powerful piece, “Weight,” shows a young black girl on a swing, weighed down with shackles, a lock and key, boxing gloves and other assorted items on a cotton scale.
Saar’s use of commonplace and specialized materials in her works make them highly unique.
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