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To contextualize Saar’s works, this volume includes writings by the artist from the 1970s to the present day as well as a recent interview with Saar in which she discusses her artistic practice and her views on history, including the current debate about police violence in the US. “My art becomes an explorer, a tracer of forgotten tribes, a seeker of sanctified visions,” explains Saar. “These works are what I leave behind.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis publication accompanies the exhibition \u003cem\u003eBetye Saar: Still Tickin’\u003c\/em\u003e at the Museum De Domijnen, Sittard, The Netherlands (June 28 - November 15, 2015) and at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona (January 30 - May 1, 2016). 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