Doris Salcedo, Atrabiliarios, 1993
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Atrabiliarios, 1993
Plywood, shoes, and bladder and surgical thread
12 1/4 × 49 in. (31.1 × 124.5 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Daryl Gerber Stokols and Jeff Stokols, 2011.51
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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Doris Salcedo, Disremembered III, 2014 - Long Hanging from two barely visible hooks on a white wall is what appears to be a very thin translucent grey fabric in the form of a cardigan. The garment has sleeves, with its open side facing the wall. Upon closer inspection, one realizes that the fabric is made of hundreds, if not thousands, of sewing needles held to one another with a barely visible white silk thread. The artwork gives the initial impression of being a simple fabric but as the viewer realizes that the piece is meticulously made of so many sharp and hard pieces, the illusion of soft folds become more impressive. The fabric looks weightless, like a ghost fabric.
