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L.A. Louver is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings and sculpture by Los Angeles-based artist Alison Saar. In this body of work, Saar uses figuration to weave narratives relating to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, sourcing inspiration from historical documentation, mythology, poetry and music.

Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go
‘Cause my house fell down and I can’t live there no more.
“Back Water Blues,” Bessie Smith, 1927

During her 2013 residency at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, Saar was dismayed to see little had been done to rebuild African …