"Art making is a form of alchemy, in a way, because you are trying…to make gold from nothing. When it works very well is when you manage to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary."
"Untitled" (1998)
"Untitled," 1998
Wood, concrete, glass, cloth, and metal, 72 1/4 x 39 x 13 inches
Private Collection, San Francisco
Photo by David Heald
© Doris Salcedo
Courtesy the Alexander and Bonin, New York
Wood, concrete, glass, cloth, and metal, 72 1/4 x 39 x 13 inches
Private Collection, San Francisco
Photo by David Heald
© Doris Salcedo
Courtesy the Alexander and Bonin, New York
"The process leads us to make a piece, and the piece is a result of that process. I believe my work is also a collaboration with the witness, with the victims. I’m trying to understand, trying to make sense out of brutal acts, if that were possible. I know that’s in vain, but I try to make sense out of this brutality."
-Doris Salcedo
Comments