A Trio of Torch Songs: Resistance, Survival, and Celebration
Three of Saar’s four versions of Torch Song , each created in a different medium—a freestanding sculpture, a painting on a carved wood tabletop, and a linocut print—are united for the first time in Cycle of Creativity .
Last year the Museum acquired Guadalupe Maravilla’s I crossed the border (2021). In this piece, made during the COVID-19 pandemic, Maravilla reflects on their Mestizo heritage, combining Mesoamerican imagery, Catholic iconography, and healing practices from multiple spiritual and shamanic traditions...
Exhibition | Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers
Alison Saar discusses the ideas and influences for works featured in the exhibition Cycle of Creativity with Mitra Abbaspour, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.
