Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=cPAMcSTzcTq Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Artist Voices: Margaret Meehan on Betye Saar [zSq8Mwhpvp7] Health Updated on August 12, 2026 EDT — Published on August 12, 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: 0mDXIFY3Ie9 YWUQGp1jr5X HHaNGxkZYyW ZsiAXwCyuKp hyLU9pa052w wdvA3SvRlz3
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: 0mDXIFY3Ie9 YWUQGp1jr5X HHaNGxkZYyW ZsiAXwCyuKp hyLU9pa052w wdvA3SvRlz3