The first artist that inspires me is Doris Salcedo. She is an installation artist who responds to the conflict and violence that happens daily in the country of Colombia where she lives. Her work deals with her being a witness to people who are being controled by fear within her Colombian society. In her work she uses materials such as concrete, animal skin, and clothing. She also uses a number of found objects such as doors, chairs, and shoes. She inspires me by using her art and making it become this voice for the people who were silenced in her country.
This piece is called Atrabiliarios each object within her work implies a nameless person. The person that these objects or articles of clothing belonged too. Each of these shoes is placed inside the wall and then covered by animal skin which is stitched into the wall. All of these shoes once belonged to women who disappered. They are ment to be the persistent memory for those women who are lost.
