A mountain of chairs piled between buildings. Shoes sewn behind animal membranes into a wall. A massive crack running through the floor of Tate Modern. This title includes, over one hundred color illustrations by sculptor Doris Salcedo. It is a testament to the power of one of today's most important international artists.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the first survey of the work of renowned sculptor Doris Salcedo (Colombian, b. 1958). Salcedowho lives and works in Bogotagained prominence in the 1990s for her fusion of postminimalist forms with sociopolitical concerns. She is internationally recognized as one of the most important contemporary artists working today. The exhibition features all major bodies of work from the artist s twenty-five-year careermost of which have never been shown together beforeas well as the American debut of her recent major work Plegaria muda (Silent Prayer) (200810). Exhibit premiers at MCA Chicago Feb 21 - May 24 2015, and will travel to LACMA (dates TBD) and the Guggenheim June 26October 14, 2015."
