Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers
Alison Saar (born 1956, Los Angeles, CA; active New York, NY and Los Angeles), Published by Mullowney Printing (founded 2011), Printed by Mullowney Printing (founded 2011), Torch Song, 2019. Multi-block linocut; 49.5 × 45.7 cm, 58.4 × 54.6 × 3.8 cm (frame). Museum purchase, Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund for Acquisitions in American Art (2022-30.8)
Bainbridge House
158 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
USA
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.
Selected Works
Hepcat
,
2019
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-30.1
Hooch 'n' Haint
,
2019
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-30.2
Jitterbug
,
2019
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-30.3
Paradiddle Diddle
,
2019
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-30.4
Shebop
,
2019
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-30.5
Syncopatin'
,
2019
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-30.6
Table for Two
,
2019
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-30.7
Torch Song
,
2019
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-30.8
Reapers
,
2021
Published by Tandem Press, founded 1987, Madison, WI
2022-32
Queen of the 88's
,
2021
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-214.1
Trotters
,
2021
Published by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
Printed by Mullowney Printing, founded 2011
2022-214.2
Curated by
Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
,Princeton University Art Museum
Sponsor Credit
Art@Bainbridge is made possible through the generous support of the Virginia and Bagley Wright, Class of 1946, Program Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art; the Kathleen C. Sherrerd Program Fund for American Art; Joshua R. Slocum, Class of 1998, and Sara Slocum; Rachelle Belfer Malkin, Class of 1986, and Anthony E. Malkin; Barbara and Gerald Essig; Gene Locks, Class of 1959, and Sueyun Locks; and Ivy Beth Lewis. Additional support for this exhibition is provided by the Humanities Council; the Lewis Center for the Arts; the Department of Music; the Department of African American Studies; and the Department of English.
Virtual exhibition tours are made possible through a partnership with MASK Consortium and a Humanities Council Magic Grant.
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