Lezley Saar
Roots, 1997*
Mixed media
46 x 18 x 2.5 inches
acquired 1997
Vodun, 1996
Mixed media
24 x 16 x 5 inches
acquired 1997
Biography
Born 1953 in Los Angeles, California.
“The work fixates on duality: black/ white, male/ female, sane/ insane, natural/ mechanical, material/ spiritual … posing questions, highlighting ironies, celebrating anomalies of nature and embracing contradictions that are philosophical, sexual and emotional.” – David Beitzel Gallery
Awards
2000 2001 California State Senate Contemporary Art Collection
1996 J. Paul Getty Mid-Career Grant
1995 Seagram’s Gin Perspective in African American Art Fellowship
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