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DORIS SALCEDO'S 'SHIBBOLETH'

Work by reknowned south American artist Doris Salcedo is currently on display at the Tate Modern’s turbine hall until April 2008. The sculpture entitled ‘Shibboleth’ is part of the Unilever Series which have been appearing at the Tate modern over the last 4 years.

The sculpture was created by digging a space in the Turbine Hall floor which at some points recedes at 3 feet. At the unveiling of the highly publicised piece, Salcedo exclaimed ‘I don’t think people will like it’. Since the piece has been on public display, thousands have flocked in to see the piece and it has appeared for discussion on numerous radio stations and in many national newspapers.

The sculpture is centured on the theme of the divide between culture and racism, emphasizing the still apparent underclass in Western society.

Salcedo is a South American artist born in Colombia in 1958. She currently works and resides in South America.

If you come to view this exhibition at the tate Modern, be sure to pop accross the road to the Eyestorm Gallery to see ‘Buenos aires: Art for Export’, a collaboration of two Argentinian galleries which plays host to the work of some of the finest South American born artists.

In Association with the Institute of Contemporary Arts

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