May 21, 2012

Doris Salcedo, Plegaria Muda

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Over 120 pairs of tables placed one on top of the other and separated by a block of earth, from which sprout slim blades of grass: this is Plegaria Muda, the latest project by Doris Salcedo. In its modular repetition, the work evokes a collective burial place and is a metaphor for sacrificial lives led [...]

Posted Under: Mexico, North America

In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, traveling exhibition through Jan. 2013

Ruth Bernhard, In the Box-Horizontal, 1962

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM) presents In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States. Spanning over four decades, the exhibition features about 175 works by forty-seven extraordinary artists.

Posted Under: Mexico, Southwest, United States
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