Doris Salcedo, “A Flor de Piel” (detail) (2013), rose petals and thread (Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. G. David Thompson, in memory of his son, G. David Thompson, Jr., Class of 1958, by exchange; purchase through the generosity of Elaine Levin in honor of Mary Schneider Enriquez; and purchase through the generosity of Deborah and Martin Hale, 2014.133. © Doris Salcedo, photo by Joerg Lohse, image courtesy the artist and Alexander and Bonin, New York, and White Cube, London).
Doris Salcedo’s The Materiality of Mourning is at the Harvard Art Museums (32 Quincy St, Cambridge, Mass.) through April 9.
Installation view of Disremembered IV (detail) in Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning, on display November 4, 2016–April 9, 2017 at the Harvard Art Museums.
© Doris Salcedo. Photo: Harvard Art Museums; © President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Hyperallergic has the full story on the exhibition. The Materiality of Mourning at Harvard Art Museums.
Also, go have a visit at the Center for Artistic Activism.
Those are some powerful pieces. I can’t imagine their impact in real life. Wow.
I really, really need to see that tapestry of rose petals in person. I can’t wrap my head around such things unless I can see them in person. Oh, I wish I was rich, jump on plane, look at art, jump on plane back home.
Ohhhh, there’s more about it here: http://www3.mcachicago.org/2015/salcedo/works/a_flor_de_piel/
Holy Fuck, the work involved in that!
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo…
The passion and patience needed for the work is incredible.