Material Witness: Doris Salcedo's Practice as an Address on Political Violence through Materiality
Journal: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University)
Year: 2014

This dissertation investigates Doris Salcedo's practice and the means by which she addresses political violence relying on materials rather than figural images.She evokes the imminence of violence, the presence of the absent victims, and the hidden wounds of the survivors.An examination of her sculptures and installations begins by focusing on the socio-political context and history of prolonged civil violence Salcedo has experienced during her life in Colombia.Following this I analyze: the arti