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In Atrabilious (which means “melancholy” or “ill temper”) she encased worn women’s shoes in niches covered with a scrim made from stretched cow’s bladder. The shoes stand in for the people who have disappeared over the course of the conflict.
DIRECTOR, GLENN LOWRY: Colombian artist Doris Salcedo creates works that bear witness to the violence and loss experienced by victims of her nation’s recent history of civil war. Here’s the artist, from a 2005 interview with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art:
Type: Installation. Rights: © 2012 Doris Salcedo. External Link: View the collection on MoMA.org. Medium: Wall installation with plywood, shoes, animal fiber, thread, and sheepskin, six niches....
17 de ago. de 2016 · Atrabiliarios is one of Salcedo’s earliest and most powerful depictions of violence, suffering, and loss. The title references the Latin expression atra bilis, which describes the melancholy associated with mourning.
Salcedo also presents the personal items of victims, as in Atrabilious (1992–93), a work in which she encased worn women’s shoes in niches covered by a scrim made of a stretched cow’s bladder. Barely visible, the shoes become surrogates for the disappeared.
In 'Atrabiliarios' Salcedo evokes absence and loss by using materials and processes that locate memory in the body. The viewer's response is, in turn, emotional, even...
Salcedo has lost members of her own family in this way. Salcedo travels extensively in the countryside where the worst effects of political violence are experienced. She becomes familiar with communities, befriending people who have suffered under the repression.
