The Art of Betye Saar

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The Art of Betye Saar

• By JoAnne Seth

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Line

• Line is (define)
• It is used here, you can see

• View from the Palmist Window (close-up)

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Form

• Ive Got Rhythm

• Form is (define)
• Form is in this art work because it has

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Texture
Texture is (define) We can see Actual and Visual
Texture in this artwork called Midnight
Madonnas (close-up)
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Color Value
Color is (define) Value is (define) The artist
used color and value in this work of art called
Memory Window for Anastasia
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Shape
Shape is (define) The artist used shape in the
art work Personae, when she painted dots all
over it.
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Space
Space is (define) This image, Buddhas Garden
shows Space by overlapping the objects.
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All Elements of Art are in Wizard
Line is around the stars
Visual Texture is everywhere
There is Form in the box itself.
Stars are Shape
Color is used
There is a little bit of a sense of space where
the objects overlap
You can see different values
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Betye Saar

• Creates ASSEMBLAGE - her art work is mixed media,
  sometimes including drawing and painting, but
  more often using found objects and putting them
  together.

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The subject of her work

• Is about racism in America
• I want my piece to crook a finger, say to
  viewer, check this out."

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Works Cited

• Netropolitan. September 23, 2007.
  http//www.netropolitan.org/saar/wizard.html
• The Brooklyn Museum. September 24, 2007.
  http//www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_
  base/gallery/BetyeSaar.php?i322
• The Judson Galleries. September 20, 2007.
  http//artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articl
  es2006/Articles1006/SpiritualityA.html