Betye Saar: the brilliant artist who reversed and radicalised racist stereotypes

In the 1970s, her art was so influential that Angela Davis credited it with launching the Black women’s movement. At 95, Saar is still creating work - and it is as arresting as everWhen the artist Betye Saar learned the Aunt Jemima brand was removing the mammy-like character that had been a fixture on its pancake mixes since 1889, she uttered two words: “Oh, finally.”Those familiar with Saar’s most famous work, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, might have expected a more dra