all cracked up.
Whether or not you agree with Contemporary Art, it is undeniable that there’s always going to be another shock. And, no, the one at London’s Tate Modern wasn’t seismic despite its appearance.
(Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007 Photo: Tate)
Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth is a subterranean chasm that spans Turbine Hall. Concrete walls are ruptured by steel meshing, creating a tension. The Columbian artist dramatically shifts viewer’s perception, questioning the interaction between sculpture and space – and ultimately the ideological foundations of modernity. A ’shibboleth’ is essentially a linguistic password, one that includes and excludes various groups or classes of people. The physical fracture that opens the museum’s floor, also evokes a severance with modernity that is built upon tenuous grounds.
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cool pic!
Hey Gretchen. Nice! I saw this in the NY Times. Interesting idea, though so much modern art is beyond me. By the way, you are now correctly added.
sometimes i feel like modern art is all about shocking reactions, but i actually think this is a pretty cool concept.