{"id":7857,"date":"2019-01-08T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=7857"},"modified":"2019-01-02T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T20:34:12","slug":"betye-saar-at-the-new-york-historical-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/08\/betye-saar-at-the-new-york-historical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Betye Saar at the New York Historical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to recent shootings of African Americans, Betye Saar has revived her iconic Aunt Jemima imagery to create new work that continues to undermine racist stereotypes from U.S. culture.\u00a0 Mounted on a washboard signifying a history of labor performed by African American women, this Aunt Jemima character totes a broom and a gun under the slogan \u2018Extreme Times Call for Extreme Heroines.\u2019\u00a0 (On view in \u2018Betye Saar:\u00a0 Keepin\u2019 it Clean\u2019 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhistory.org\/exhibitions\/betye-saar-keepin%E2%80%99-it-clean\">New York Historical Society<\/a> through May 27<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7858\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=7858\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7858\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/betye_saar-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betye Saar, Extreme Times Call for Extreme Heroines, mixed media and wood figure on vintage washboard, clock, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to recent shootings of African Americans, Betye Saar has revived her iconic Aunt Jemima imagery to create new work that continues to undermine racist stereotypes from U.S. culture.\u00a0 Mounted on a washboard signifying a history of labor performed by African American women, this Aunt Jemima character totes a broom and a gun under &hellip; 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