Betye Saar is an American artist best known for her multimedia collages, box assemblages, altars and

Betye Saar is an American artist best known for her multimedia collages, box assemblages, altars and installations consisting of found materials that explore the realities of African American oppression. A prominent member of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, Saar communicates her political, racial, religious and gender concerns as a way to create politically potent and personally meaningful compositions.In Liberation of Aunt Jemima: Cocktail, Saar developed a powerful social critique that challenged racial and sexist stereotypes deeply rooted in American culture. In this piece, a 1970s Gallo wine jug features a handmade label with a “mammy” figure on the front and a Black Power fist on the back. A jug that was once a 1970s marker of middle-class sophistication is transformed into a tool for Black liberation. See it Saar’s work now on view in Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the CollectionPosted by Jenée-Daria Strand Betye Saar (American, born 1926). Liberation of Aunt Jemima: Cocktail, 1973. Mixed-media assemblage. Private collection. © Betye Saar, courtesy the artist and Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, California. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum) -- source link

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