Black Lightning
2012
Alison Saar
Los Angeles, California
Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.
About Alison Saar
Program Participation
Joan Mitchell Center Residency, 2013
Painters & Sculptors Grant, 1998
My new works investigate issues of longing and the conjuring of ideas. Undone, for example, features a black female figure sitted on a chair hanging from the wall, 16 feet above ground. Her long transparent white dress reaches to the ground where the hem is stained red. Within the tent of the skirt, a thick red root/cord stemming from between the figures legs extends and branches out nearly reaching the floor. Tied to the cord tendrils/arteries with red rags, are dozens corked of milky white bottles full of fermenting or festering notions. This piece speaks to the creative process, where ideas are often subverted and aborted only to be resurrected when fully matured.”