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Doris Salcedo

The Fondation Beyeler is the first museum in Switzerland to devote a comprehensive solo exhibition to internationally acclaimed artist Doris Salcedo (*1958 in Bogotá, Colombia), conceived in close collaboration with the artist herself and her studio.

Doris Salcedo’s compelling works are the outcome of years of socio-political research, experimentation with techniques and materials, and questing for artistic form. Salcedo’s interest centres on cross-cultural emotions and sensations such as empathy and grief, as well as our handling of the ever-repeating cycle of forgetting and remembering in the context of violent conflicts.