By Ricky Amadour
As an indefatigable voice for women of color and the greater human spirit, Alison Saar recomposes fractured histories into multivalent sculptures. Saar curated SeenUNseen, a group exhibition at L.A. Louver Gallery, with a focus on spirit portraiture. Throughout human existence there has been a predilection to the allure of the unseen. Hidden forces have shaped paradigms of scientific thought, political ideology, and technological development. Skepticism and belief can also subvert our realities as heavily noted over the course of the pandemic.