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Saar’s etching makes use of found objects in a relief printing process. Recalling her frequent use of assemblage and interest in Roma mysticism, the work pulls from common objects to conjure an occult atmosphere. The mottled and scratched dark…

In Jo Baker’s Birthday, Faith Ringgold depicts Josephine Baker, a 20th century multidisciplinary artist and activist whose life and experiences Ringgold deeply identifies with. Baker poses semi-nude, gazing back at the viewer self-confidently, secure…

Brilliant blue, seductive red, and radiant yellow surround a singer and her jazz band in a vibrant space full of energy and motion. Inspired by a childhood immersed in the social and cultural life of the Harlem Renaissance, Ringgold has always been…

Here, artist Faith Ringgold depicts American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), as part of a larger series in which the artist pays tribute to the lives and impact of prominent African American musicians, writers, and artists of the twentieth…

This serigraph references famed artist and founder of African-American artist collective Spiral, Romare Bearden (referenced here as “Romie.”) Picturing Bearden with one of his many beloved cats, Ringgold depicts a sweet and intimate vision of the man…

While most of the works presented in this exhibition are print based items, this work demonstrates the multidisciplinary aspect of Betye Saar’s artistic practice. Creating connection between multiple surfaces is central to the artist’s methodology;…

From Saar’s 1997 series of washboard assemblages each entitled We Was Mostly ‘Bout Survival comes this lithograph reproduction included in the portfolio Freedom or Slavery: The Paul Robeson Portfolio, celebrating the multi-talented activist,…

This double-sided work exemplifies both Saar’s assemblage practice and her interest in the mystical. Her title references Hoodoo, a syncretic belief system (synthesis of varying religions) practiced by the African Diaspora in the southern U.S. On one…

This serigraph is printed from a photograph of Saar’s 1994 mixed media assemblage of the same name, part of the Personal Icons series which combines found objects to investigate the mystical and the historical past. Pictured in a reliquary-like…