Doris Salcedo
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Doris Salcedo is a Colombian 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
Salcedo in 2015
Untitled (1997–1999) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2022
Shibboleth (2007) at Tate Modern
Shibboleth (artwork)
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Shibboleth was the title of a temporary art installation placed by the Colombian artist Doris Salcedo in the Tate Modern in 2007. The work took the form of a long crack in the floor.
Doris Salcedo
…the eighth artist to have been commissioned to produce work for the Unilever turbine hall of the Tate Modern gallery in London, for which she created Shibboleth, a 167-metre-long crack running the length of the hall's floor. Salcedo said it "represents borders, the experience of immigrants, the experience of…
The Turbine Hall floor after Shibboleth had been filled in