Author: Saar, BetyeThis volume features new watercolour works on paper by Betye Saar that incorporate the artist’s personal collection of Black dolls. These showcase the artist’s experimentation with vivid colour, layered techniques and flat shapes, and is the first publication to focus on her watercolour works on paper; referencing the underrepresented history of Black dolls through Saar’s artistic lens, this catalogue distills several intersecting themes, imagery and objects.'Watercolour is something that children use, so I decided, maybe I’ll paint something about children, maybe I’ll paint the dolls,' Saar says. It contains 90 colour images, including early assemblage works that feature Black dolls, such as 'Gris-Gris Box' (1972) and 'Mti' (1973), plus early sketchbooks and a curated selection of Saar’s Black doll collection. It also includes original essays by Rachel Federman, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, and Katherine Jentleson, Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art at the High Museum of Art, and an interview with the artist by her granddaughter, Maddy Inez Leeser.ISBN 9781733664769. Roberts Projects. hb. 214 pages. 130 colour, 6 b/w ills. 30 x 23 cm.available
