SARA KLAR


WORDS, LINES, THE FORMS THEY TAKE 2017-2018

“My drawing (on white lined paper) titled “Danny’s Anguish” is a portrait of my brother-in-law, formerly a surgeon and rabbi, who can no longer speak because of aphasia that struck him in his late 50’s. With this disease, the brain tissue that aids in speech and language deteriorates and leads inexorably in an excruciating slow deterioration of all cognitive and functional abilities to death.  

Here, the words, sentences, thoughts swirl and go no further.”

Image titles from left to right: DANNY'S ANGUISH, DECOMPRESSION AFTER FLORIDA, AND WE’D LISTEN TO HOLD A QUIET, and WE HAVE TO LEARN LEARN NOT TO ABSORB

Sara Klar is a visual artist in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. Sara has always loved words and the forms they may take. These images formed of words and lines originate from her Notebook Series drawings, a chronicle of her day to day existence.