We find the front everywhere: grievability and the proximity of social and anonymous death in Doris Salcedo’s “Plegaria Muda”.

In Plegaria Muda (2008, ‘silent prayer’), Colombian sculptor, Doris Salcedo amassed 166 elongated tables. Stacked in pairs with soil inbetween, the sheer number evokes a mass grave. However, here, the installation impedes free movement through the exhibition space. Viewers are left without the capac...

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Publicado en:	Mortality Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 270 - 289
Autor principal:	DiSarno, Jamie
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd May2024
Materias:	Colombia California Death & psychology Art Violence Museums Artists Prayer Grief Phenomenology Exhibitions
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