Doris Salcedo

born 1958

Doris Salcedo, ‘Shibboleth I’ 2007
Shibboleth I 2007
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Materials and Objects: Doris Salcedo

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Biography

Doris Salcedo (born 1958) is a Colombian-born visual artist and sculptor. Her work is influenced by her experiences of life in Colombia, and is generally composed of commonplace items such as wooden furniture, clothing, concrete, grass, and rose petals. Salcedo’s work gives form to pain, trauma, and loss, while creating space for individual and collective mourning. These themes stem from her own personal history. Members of her own family were among the many people who have disappeared in politically troubled Colombia. Much of her work deals with the fact that, while the death of a loved one can be mourned, their disappearance leaves an unbearable emptiness. Salcedo currently lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia.

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Artworks

Doris Salcedo, ‘Shibboleth I’ 2007

Doris Salcedo Shibboleth I

2007
P20334
Doris Salcedo, ‘Unland: audible in the mouth’ 1998

Doris Salcedo Unland: audible in the mouth

1998
T07523
Doris Salcedo, ‘Untitled’ 1998

Doris Salcedo Untitled

1998
T07524
Doris Salcedo, ‘Shibboleth II’ 2007

Doris Salcedo Shibboleth II

2007
On display at Tate Modern part of Materials and Objects P20335
Doris Salcedo, ‘Shibboleth IV’ 2007

Doris Salcedo Shibboleth IV

2007
On display at Tate Modern part of Materials and Objects P20337
Doris Salcedo, ‘Untitled’ 1987

Doris Salcedo Untitled

1987
On display at Tate Modern part of Materials and Objects T07836
Doris Salcedo, ‘Shibboleth III’ 2007

Doris Salcedo Shibboleth III

2007
On display at Tate Modern part of Materials and Objects P20336

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Doris Salcedo Untitled

1986–7
On display at Tate Modern part of Materials and Objects T14805

Film and audio

Doris Salcedo on Bogotá | Artist Cities film still
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Doris Salcedo on Bogotá | Artist Cities

Doris Salcedo is an artist who lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia. The artist makes sculptures and installations in response ...
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Doris Salcedo: Shibboleth

The Colombian artist discusses why she cracked the turbine hall floor

Features

Doris Salcedo Detail of Atrabiliarios 1992–2004
Tate Etc

Voice of the invisible: Doris Salcedo

Madeleine Grynsztejn

The social, historical and political landscape of Colombia and beyond has deeply informed the work of the artist who is ...

Participants in Tate Modern’s Summer Institute mapping connections between works shown in the History, Memory, Society suite, 2002
Tate Papers

Contemporary Art and the Role of Interpretation

Helen Charman and Michaela Ross

Recent research indicates that the taught curriculum in art and design secondary school education pays scant attention to meaning-making in ...

Doris Salcedo, ‘Unland: audible in the mouth’ 1998
Tate Papers

Unland: The Place of Testimony

Tanya Barson

Colombian artist Doris Salcedo (born 1958) addresses the themes of loss and bereavement in her sculpture Unland: audible in the ...

Henry Fuseli, ‘Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma’ exhibited 1783
Tate Papers

Tate Papers no.1: Spring 2004

Tate Papers, Spring 2004 edition

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