Artist Betye Saar, who used repurposed objects to reclaim identity, has died at 99

Artist Betye Saar has died at ninety-nine, just days short of her hundredth birthday. Saar was known for assemblage art that repurposed found objects to explore identity and memory. As she told NPR back in 2006, "I'm the kind of person who recycles materials, but I also recycle emotions and feelings."

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