Artist Betye Saar, the Aunt Jemima Revolution, and a New Humanism

Passing 4 days shy of 100, Assemblage artist Saar left us her profoundly-creative and historical commentary on Black Life in America. Her goals were to inform us but also to inspire us to carry on her mission.

Watching the video ‘Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight’, we learn that the shadow box titled ‘Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972’ was Saar’s first artistic assemblage offering. The artwork has become famous worldwide and a subject of major focus in America’s summer of social unrest in 2020.