When it comes to Doris Salcedo's art, she doesn't want the whole story or meaning behind it to be obvious. She only wants to give viewers a hint of it.
Salcedo's work is comprised of installation pieces and sculptures made out of furniture and concrete.
The majority of Salcedo's works are at its core about power. Her pieces are about the powerless and the powerful and how separated the two are from each other. Salcedo also tries to embody the stories she collected from victims of violence in her works as well.
Many of Salcedo's art appears to be hodgepodges of sorts. Her works consist of different pieces of furniture juxtaposed together, turning both pieces of furniture into something nonfunctional. Salcedo also works a lot with combining concrete with furniture, again making the furniture into a nonfunctional item. Not only does Salcedo use concrete in her sculptures, but also uses it for her installation pieces. This was so for her installation piece of a giant, long, diagonal crack in the floor.
Another theme that is imbued in Salcedo's work is pain. Countless people go through it, but mostly in a silent, unnoticed way. It is a goal of Salcedo's to make that private pain known so that something could be done about it.
Information provided by:
"Doris Salcedo." Art21. PBS, n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2014.
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