Atrabiliarios
Artist
Doris Salcedo
(Colombia, född 1958)
Date1996
MediumShoes, blatter from cow, surgical thread, painted plasterboard
DimensionsYttermått: 96,5 × 186 × 14,5 cm (38 × 73 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.)
Bildmått: 33 × 127 × 14,5 cm (13 × 50 × 5 11/16 in.)
ClassificationInstallations
Credit LinePurchase 2000
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2000/181
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkShoes behind yellow membranes, resembling old group photos where people from the distant past appear like ghosts. Seductively appealing on the surface, but underneath it is full of pain. The starting point for Salcedo's works is often her homeland, Colombia, a nation racked with violent conflicts.
The title Atrabiliarios is Spanish and comes from the Latin word for black bile, traditionally associated with bitter anger. The dark threads allude to stitches in a lacerated body. The empty shoes suggest their missing owners. Through the haze we discern a history of imprisonment, violence and longing.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Pappersetikett på baksidan: MODERN COLLECTIONS Doris Salcedo Atrabiliarios 1996 Wall installation with drywall, shoes, cow bladder and surgical thread Four niches MC4406 Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Jönköpings Länsmuseum (2010-2011) Jönköpings läns museum I och ur fokus/In and Out of Focus (2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The title Atrabiliarios is Spanish and comes from the Latin word for black bile, traditionally associated with bitter anger. The dark threads allude to stitches in a lacerated body. The empty shoes suggest their missing owners. Through the haze we discern a history of imprisonment, violence and longing.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Pappersetikett på baksidan: MODERN COLLECTIONS Doris Salcedo Atrabiliarios 1996 Wall installation with drywall, shoes, cow bladder and surgical thread Four niches MC4406 Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Jönköpings Länsmuseum (2010-2011) Jönköpings läns museum I och ur fokus/In and Out of Focus (2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm