美国艺术家贝蒂·萨尔于周日上午在洛杉矶去世，享年99岁[1]。这位黑人艺术运动的先驱距离其100岁生日仅有几天之遥。萨尔是1960年代黑人艺术运动的中心人物，以其开创性的组合盒艺术和对吉姆·克劳时代纪念品的创意回收利用而闻名[1]。
萨尔的艺术生涯跨越数十年。她的代表作《黑女孩的窗户》创作于1969年，直到2019年才被纽约现代艺术博物馆收购[1]。另一件标志性作品《解放Aunt Jemima》创作于1972年，创作灵感源于1968年马丁·路德·金牧师遇刺事件之后[1]。这件作品通过将贬低黑人的物品转化为革命性象征，表现了黑人解放的主题[1]。萨尔在35岁时从设计转向艺术创作，并持续创作至90多岁[1]。2023年，关于她的纪录片《Betye Saar: Ready to Be A Warrior》完成制作[1]。2026年春季，萨尔被选入美国艺术与文学学院[1]。
Betye Saar, an influential American artist whose work became central to the Black arts movement of the 1960s, died Sunday morning in Los Angeles at age 99 [1]. She passed away just days before what would have been her 100th birthday [1].
Saar was renowned for her pioneering assemblage boxes and repurposed artifacts from the Jim Crow era, transforming degrading objects into revolutionary symbols of Black liberation [1]. Her landmark works include "The Window of the Black Girl" (1969), which was not acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York until 2019 [1], and "Liberation of Aunt Jemima" (1972), created in the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968 [1].
Throughout her career, Saar demonstrated remarkable creative longevity, transitioning from design to fine art at age 35 and continuing to create work into her nineties [1]. Her legacy was recognized through the 2023 documentary "Betye Saar: Ready to Be A Warrior," and she was selected for induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in spring 2026 [1].