Betye Saar, pioneering figure of Black arts movement, dies at 99
Betye Saar on her patio at home in Los Angeles in this 2016 picture. Photograph: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/APView image in fullscreenBetye Saar on her patio at home in Los Angeles in this 2016 picture. “Each item I collect has a certain energy from its previous function that carries over into its new use.”She is perhaps best known for her 1972 revolutionary reimagination of Aunt Jemima, the image once used to market a pancake mix and syrup brand founded at the tail-end of the 19th century.
- ▪Betye Saar on her patio at home in Los Angeles in this 2016 picture.
- ▪Photograph: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/APView image in fullscreenBetye Saar on her patio at home in Los Angeles in this 2016 picture.
- ▪“Each item I collect has a certain energy from its previous function that carries over into its new use.”She is perhaps best known for her 1972 revolutionary reimagination of Aunt Jemima, the image once used to market a pancake mix and syru
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Betye Saar on her patio at home in Los Angeles in this 2016 picture. Photograph: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/APView image in fullscreenBetye Saar on her patio at home in Los Angeles in this 2016 picture. Photograph: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/APArt and designBetye Saar, pioneering figure of Black arts movement, dies at 99Leading assemblage artist was known for reclaiming Jim Crow-era memorabilia as images of Black liberationRoque PlanasMon 27 Jul 2026 21.33 EDTLast modified on Mon 27 Jul 2026 21.39 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleArtist Betye Saar, the pioneering figure of the Black arts movement, died on Sunday morning in her home town of Los Angeles.
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