Desert X installation βSoul Service Stationβ in Desert Hot Springs, Calif. on March 7, 2025. Image credit: Brian Blueskye
Desert Sun has released an image of the upcoming Desert X Exhibition installation from award-winning sculptor and painter Alison Saar β78. Saar joins 10 other featured artists who will showcase their work during Desert X 2025, an international art exhibition taking place across the Coachella Valley.
βNo matter who you are or where you live in the Coachella Valleyβ¦wherever you’re coming from, you have access,” said Manuel Perez, Supervisor V of Riverside Countyβs Fourth District during the exhibition preview. Emphasizing that not all can afford to visit museums, Manuel applauded Desert X for making the exhibition free for all attendees.
Saarβs work, βSoul Service Station,β is currently on view in Desert Hot Springs. Visitors can interact with the piece through a conch shell attached to a gas pump to hear Saar herself recite a poem. The artist’s work was recently recognized during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, with Saar’s public sculpture commission now permanently on display in Paris’s Champs-ΓlyseΓ©s.
Read more information on Saarβs involvement and view the Desert X website .