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Artist: Alison Saar |
| Exhibition: Artificial Afrika |
| Date: January 27 2006 - March 17 2006 |
Curator: C. Daniel Dawson and Vernon Reid
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Bio:
Alison Saar was born in 1956 and grew up in Laurel Canyon, California. She sees her upbringing as rural and her understanding and love of nature are rooted in that experience. Alisons fascination with vernacular folk art and the visionary artists ability to build an oasis of beauty from cast-off objects had a profound and lasting influence on her. At Scripps College, Saar studied with Dr. Samella Lewis, a noted scholar in the field of African and Caribbean art. Having taken more art history courses than studio classes, she graduated with a thesis on Southern African American Folk Art. Saar did graduate work at Otis-Parsons Institute.
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