"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
"Untitled," detail (2008)
"Untitled," detail, 2008
Wood, metal, and concrete in two parts, 30 x 105 3/4 x 68 inches and 30 3/4 x 97 1/4 x 47 5/8 inches
Photo by Jason Mandella
© Doris Salcedo
Courtesy the Alexander and Bonin, New York
Wood, metal, and concrete in two parts, 30 x 105 3/4 x 68 inches and 30 3/4 x 97 1/4 x 47 5/8 inches
Photo by Jason Mandella
© Doris Salcedo
Courtesy the Alexander and Bonin, New York
"I guess it is essential to know that the artist is not making up things. As an artist I have a responsibility. I have to look at historical events and work with whatever material is given to me. I don’t work based on imagination or fiction."
-Doris Salcedo
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