School of the Art Institute Auditorium
280 S Columbus Dr
312.443.3711
This event has passed.
-
Doris Salcedo, Shibboleth, 2007 (detail). Installation: Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, October 9, 2007–April 6, 2008. Photo: Tate Photography, London. Courtesy of Alexander and Bonin
- When
-
Monday Mar 15, 2010 (6pm)
- Where
-
- Price
- Links
“Often derived from research into historical events, Doris Salcedo's sculptures and installations are powerful in their spareness, conjuring a profound sense of absence, silence, or weight, or the barest intimation of violence. For the Columbian artist's high-profile project at Tate Modern, Shibboleth, she carved a deep, narrow fissure across the floor of the vast Turbine Hall, leaving it mostly empty whereas previous exhibitors mostly occupied the space with colossal installations. But Salcedo's smaller-scale works, such as cupboards and chairs filled in with concrete, are no less affecting, serving as testimonies to brutal acts and marginalized lives without recourse to bravado or sensationalism.”
Karsten Lund, Flavorpill
SAIC says:
Colombia-based artist Doris Salcedo explores the significance of everyday objects and their power to implicate history. Her sculptures and installations infuse domestic materials with gestures of political and psychological archeology, and their sense of absence hovers in the space between the empowered and voiceless. Salcedo's work has appeared in major exhibitions at Tate Modern, London; Castello de Rivoli, Turin; and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, among others. She has participated in the T1 Triennial of Contemporary Art, Turin; Documenta 11, Kassel; 8th International Istanbul Biennial; and the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.
