{"product_id":"betye-saar-heart-of-a-wanderer-hardcover","title":"Betye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Seave Greenwald\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMakeda Best\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eStephanie Sparling Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly illustrated look at how travel influenced the work of renowned contemporary artist Betye Saar\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetye Saar (b. 1926) is an artist whose assemblages tell visual stories and convey powerful political messages. A leading figure of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, she works with found objects--many of which she gathers on her extensive travels--to explore themes like symbolic mysticism, feminism, racism, and Eurocentric chauvinism. \u003ci\u003eBetye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on Saar's unique creative process, her trips around the world, and the diverse ways in which her artworks engage with global histories of travel and forced migration. It presents how the artist's work conjures the transporting experience of a voyage to a faraway place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis beautifully illustrated book draws on original, in-depth interviews with Saar and the companions who accompanied the artist in her travels across four continents over several decades. Essays by leading scholars contextualize Saar's journeys within her broader life and career, as well as how her practice fits into broader traditions--such as scrapbooking--in African American visual culture. In addition to providing this context, this book explores how Saar's assemblage practice both echoes and provides a critical counterpoint to the collecting practices of Gilded Age American art collectors like Isabella Stewart Gardner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a wealth of previously unpublished material--including almost thirty travel sketchbooks and two dozen finished assemblages--\u003ci\u003eBetye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh look at a groundbreaking American artist while offering a timely social history of the impact of travel on the African American experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistributed for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 16-May 21, 2023\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Seave Greenwald\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant curator of the collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Her books include \u003ci\u003eIsabella Stewart Gardner: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e (with Nathaniel Silver) and \u003ci\u003ePainting by Numbers: Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art\u003c\/i\u003e (both Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 13.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772384936224,"sku":"9780691973852","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a6041317b54ab4e9652b03e1341c65c0.webp?v=1780404463","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/betye-saar-heart-of-a-wanderer-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}