Uncommon signed flyer advertising a lecture and seminar given by the African American artist at the University of Arizona in early 1985.  Saar has inscribed "To Louis w/ [drawing of a heart], "Betye Saar / 1985" next to an image of her standing beside an unidentified work.  The caption above the photograph describes Saar's work as trapping "fragments and memories in assemblage and collage pieces that move us into another consciousness," and notes that the film Spirit Catcher, which depicts the artist at work, will be shown.  Horizontal crease, wear to upper edge, toning, press clipping announcing the lecture series mounted to left margin above signature, overall in fine condition.  11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm.).

"In Betye Saar’s work, time is cyclical. History and experiences, emotion and knowledge travel across time and back again, linking the artist and viewers of her work with generations of people who came before them. This is made explicit in her commitment to certain themes, imagery, and objects, and her continual reinvention of them over decades. 'I can no longer separate the work by saying this deals with the occult and this deals with shamanism or this deals with so and so…. It’s all together and it’s just my work,' she said in 1989." (Museum of Modern Art, moma.org)