Famous People with Name Saar

Saar Boubacar            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Saar Boubacar: is a retired Senegalese football player who played in France for SC Toulon, Marseille, AS Cannes, Paris Saint-Germain and FC Martigues, as well as in the United States with New Jersey City.

Betye Irene Saar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Betye Irene Saar: an American artist, known for her work in the field of assemblage. Her education included a time at the University of California, Los Angeles, from where she received a degree in design in 1949, and graduate studies in printmaking and education at Pasadena City College, California State University, Long Beach. Her interest in assemblage was inspired by a 1968 exhibition by Joseph Cornell, though she also cites the influence of Simon Rodia's Watts Towers, which she witnessed being built in her childhood.[1] She began creating work typically consisting of found objects arranged within boxes or windows, with items drawing on various different cultures reflecting Saar's own mixed heritage (African, Native American, Irish and Creole).[1]

Alison Saar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alison Saar: an American artist who was born in Los Angeles, California in 1956 and grew up in Laurel Canyon, California. Her parents were Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Both parents encouraged their three daughters, all artists, to look at a wide range of art. They were given books on art and were taken to area museums. They also saw Outsider Art, such as Simon Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles and Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in Simi Valley. During high school, Alison began assisting her father in his restoration work. Dealing with artifacts from different cultures?Chinese frescoes, Egyptian mummies, and Pre-Columbian and African art?taught Alison about properties of various materials, techniques,