Alison Saar, Breach, 2017

Alison Saar, Stanch, 2017

Hyperallergic posted an essay written by Christina Sharpe excerpted from the catalogue Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe which was published by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College to coincide with the exhibition of the same name at the Benton Museum and Armory Center for the Arts (145 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, Calif.), opening in 2021.

Click here to read the excerpt and find out how, as Sharpe puts it, “Saar salvages materials, saves and salves them, holds ideas, matter, and life in her hands and translates them to us – her audience.”