Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers brings sculpture, prints, and paintings by the mixed-media artist Alison Saar into conversation with the work of Toni Morrison, whose vast trove of papers from her career as a novelist, essayist, playwright, professor, and editor are held in the Princeton University Library. Saar and Morrison share a dedication to giving voice to the Black American experience, drawing inspiration from past generations and creating space for future cultural production through a dynamic that Saar calls a “cycle of creativity.” The exhibition explores themes that resonate in the works of both Saar and Morrison—musicality, labor, and ancestors—through various facets of each artist’s practice.
Curated by Mitra M. Abbaspour, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.