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Mystic Sky with Self Portrait
Title
Mystic Sky with Self Portrait
Description
Betye Saar states: “The stars, the cards, the mystic vigil may hold the answers. By shifting the point of view an inner spirit is released. Free to create.” Saar places symbols in her mystic sky: the decorative mask represents “hidden identity and magic,” the Eye of Providence stands for “God’s all-seeing eye,” and the palmistry hand, and dice symbolize “fate/fortune.” The purple symbol on the hand is the symbol for Leo, Saar’s astrological sun sign. Whereas Saar’s point of view in LA Sky with Spinning Hearts is that of someone looking up into the expansive sky, Saar depicts herself in Mystic Sky with Self Portrait as a spiritual being among these celestial objects. She looks downward, placing herself not as the observed but the observer.
Creator
Betye Saar
Date
1992
Format
Offset lithograph, collage, construction
Provenance
Collection of Lewis Tanner Moore
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Citation
Betye Saar, “Mystic Sky with Self Portrait,” Ringgold | Saar: Meeting on the Matrix, accessed September 28, 2024, https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/items/show/28.