One on One: Ella Wijt on Doris Salcedo
By Ella Wijt
Installation view of DORIS SALCEDO, Plegaria Muda, 2008-10, wood, mineral compound, soil, concrete, metal, and grass, 166 units, 164 × 214 × 61 cm each, at the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2011. Photo by Patrizia Tocci. Courtesy the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian.
It was during the summer of 2015, just following my graduation, that I first encountered the work of Colombian-born artist Doris Salcedo at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Her show was on the fourth floor, the last one I visited in the museum that day. Before stepping foot into the exhibition, I had no idea it was about to change the course of my practice.
