Talks

MCA Talk: Howenstein + Saona on Doris Salcedo

A building has several dozen chairs hanging off its roof and down the side, suspended by rope.
Doris Salcedo,Noviembre 6 y 7, 2002 Nov 6, 2:15 pm. 280 wooden chairs and rope; Dimensions variable. Site-specific work, Palace of Justice, Bogotá, 2002 Photo: Sergio Clavijo

Drea Howenstein, associate professor of art education and sculpture at the School of the Art Institute, and Margarita Saona, director of graduate studies, Hispanic and Italian studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, discuss the use of objects, memory, and empathy in Salcedo’s work.