Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://ar-c.org/video/m6e4KPfTtII.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Artist Voices: Margaret Meehan on Betye Saar [ROGcdWXqT8Y] Health Updated on August 11, 2026 EDT — Published on August 11, 2026 EDT Artist Margaret Meehan talks about outcasts, feminist protest, and her reaction to works by Betye Saar. One of the most significant assemblage artists working today, Betye Saar (born 1926, Los Angeles) addresses spirituality, gender, and race in her art. Part of the strong Southern California tradition of artists using found objects (including Edward Kienholz, John Outterbridge, and Noah Purifoy), she combines items typically discovered at flea markets and secondhand stores into conceptually and physically elaborate creations. Saar’s creative process, however, does more than reflect on the outside world; she ruminates on and plays with objects and ideas, making sketches inspired by specific items in her possession. These sketches form an essential part of what she considers the mysterious transformation of object into art. SUBSCRIBE: LEARN MORE: Cq97xOF08ED l9WyDMRI7rt ZyzfWnh98a9 vn8mIwKiZu8 RvBMUIUMzdJ 3hLVMK6piK0 aBmM9sCBpKD 2BNyLLt1EfJ
Artist Margaret Meehan talks about outcasts, feminist protest, and her reaction to works by Betye Saar. One of the most significant assemblage artists working today, Betye Saar (born 1926, Los Angeles) addresses spirituality, gender, and race in her art. Part of the strong Southern California tradition of artists using found objects (including Edward Kienholz, John Outterbridge, and Noah Purifoy), she combines items typically discovered at flea markets and secondhand stores into conceptually and physically elaborate creations. Saar’s creative process, however, does more than reflect on the outside world; she ruminates on and plays with objects and ideas, making sketches inspired by specific items in her possession. These sketches form an essential part of what she considers the mysterious transformation of object into art. SUBSCRIBE: LEARN MORE: Cq97xOF08ED l9WyDMRI7rt ZyzfWnh98a9 vn8mIwKiZu8 RvBMUIUMzdJ 3hLVMK6piK0 aBmM9sCBpKD 2BNyLLt1EfJ