{"product_id":"betye-saar-serious-moonlight-9781636810362","title":"Betye Saar: Serious Moonlight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRarely seen installation works that exemplify this pioneering artist's critical focus on Black identity and Black feminism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowcasing a lesser-known aspect of Saar's art, \u003ci\u003eBetye Saar: Serious Moonlight\u003c\/i\u003e provides new insights into her explorations of ritual, spirituality and cosmologies, as well as themes of the African diaspora. Featured here are significant installations created by Saar from 1980 to 1998, including \u003ci\u003eOasis\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), a work that will be reconfigured at ICA Miami's Saar exhibition for the first time in more than 30 years.\u003cbr\u003eWith compelling scholarship and rich illustration--combining new installation photography and archival material--the monograph provides a fresh look at this significant artist's critical and influential practice. \u003ci\u003eBetye Saar: Serious Moonlight\u003c\/i\u003e reinforces and celebrates Saar's standing as a visionary artist, storyteller and mythmaker, and the ongoing significance and relevance of her work to the most pressing issues in America today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetye Saar\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1926) is renowned for pioneering Black feminism and West Coast assemblage in her visionary artistic practice, through dense, complexly referential objects. For over six decades, Saar's work has led dialogues on race and gender, reflecting changing cultural and political contexts. Most recently, solo presentations have been hosted by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Saar's work was prominently featured in \u003ci\u003eWe Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85\u003c\/i\u003e at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, and in \u003ci\u003eSoul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power\u003c\/i\u003e at Tate Modern, London, which traveled to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; Brooklyn Museum; The Broad, Los Angeles; and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Delmonico Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725676581138,"sku":"9781636810362","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e060cc35-be21-499b-8812-10200b786627.jpg?v=1734839483","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/betye-saar-serious-moonlight-9781636810362","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}