Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=uPS7Ch2ZHiF Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Artist Voices: Ciara Elle Bryant on Betye Saar [xA4JWTig3q7] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT Dallas artist Ciara Elle Bryant talks about identity and her reaction to the work of 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: UdunJ77JMaA 75v8oHkLMHP awBCyPMhG1T nrDRzm02aOU va77CUvqFwO riqxLpiGAvt
Dallas artist Ciara Elle Bryant talks about identity and her reaction to the work of 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: UdunJ77JMaA 75v8oHkLMHP awBCyPMhG1T nrDRzm02aOU va77CUvqFwO riqxLpiGAvt