Doris Salcedo’s “Shibboleth”
| December 27, 2007

I love this, it's powerful and simple.

"A MASSIVE crack in a concrete floor – said to symbolise racism and the gulf between white Europeans and the rest of humanity – has been unveiled as the central exhibit at London's Tate Modern gallery."

"It starts as a hairline crack then widens and deepens as it zig-zags across the room. The installation will be removed April 2008 by filling in the crack. Tate director Nicholas Serota said the "scar" would remain "as a memory of the work and also be a memorial to the issues Doris touches on."

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Link:  The New York Times

Tags:  humanity, modern art, racism, tate modern