• In Town — Los Angeles and environs

Taking inspiration from the character of Topsy in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” Alison Saar re-contextualizes this uncouth young girl as a symbol of defiance through paintings on vintage linens, drawings on found steamer trunk drawers, and sculptures (both diminutive and life-size) carved from wood and plated with reclaimed ceiling tin.