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Article: Alison Saar at LA Louver.
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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In her first exhibition at LA Louver, Alison Saar presented eight succinctly resolved, figure-based sculptures, each with punchy impact and lyrical redolence. Aptly titling the show "Coup," Saar demonstrated the bottom-line appeal of her practice: her control of fervent, evocative metaphors that transcend cliche. Though the figures have African-American features, their plights and struggles are not limited to any particular ethnic group.
Addressing issues of human frailty and longing, Saar's simple carved-wood sculptures, mostly faced with antique, rust-colored, stamped-tin ceiling tiles, have a stolidity belied by quirky details. In Cache (2006), a prone nude ...