Entitled Hither, the exhibition embraces the artist's abiding interest in addressing the

human condition, specifically that of women. Saar explores issues surrounding identity,

fertility and aging, in her life-size free-standing forms, wall sculptures and works

on paper. The artist uses a variety of materials to make the work, including those with

which she has long been identified: wood, reclaimed ceiling tile and tar. Saar also

incorporates a greater use of bronze in several sculptures, and for the first time, has

cast a form in fiberglass.

The title piece of the exhibition, Hither, 2008, is a life-size sculpture of a standing

woman. The exhibition visitor is led to the sculpture by scores of light blue, painted

and gessoed copper moths that adorn the gallery walls and seem to mass towards the

female form. The moths also cover the woman: their pale, seemingly fragile and ethereal

bodies acting in marked contrast to the solid, dark mass of the figure. The

woman's eyes are blank, and moths spew from her mouth -- the moths are both drawn

to, and emanate from, her form.