Doris Salcedo, Uprooted, 20202022.
804 dead trees and steel; 3000 x 650 x 500 cm.
Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 15, Kalba Ice Factory, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2023.
Doris Salcedo, “Uprooted,” 2020–2022. 804 dead trees and steel; 3000 x 650 x 500 cm. Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 15, Kalba Ice Factory, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. (Photo: Juan Castro)
Courtesy of the artist.
Its just one reason why being displaced from where you live is so traumatic.
Colombian artistDoris Salcedoexplores this idea in her large-scale installation titledUprooted.
Doris Salcedo, “Uprooted,” 2020–2022. 804 dead trees and steel; 3000 x 650 x 500 cm. Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 15, Kalba Ice Factory, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. (Photo: Juan Castro)
In the monumentalUprooted, Salcedo built a house using 804 dead trees and steel.
We can see between them and into the interior, making it an uneven and untenable place to live.
Uprootedis meant to be uninhabitable.
Doris Salcedo, “Uprooted,” 2020–2022. 804 dead trees and steel; 3000 x 650 x 500 cm. Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 15, Kalba Ice Factory, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. (Photo: Juan Castro)
Salcedos use of withered trees, arranged in a recognizable structure, communicates an irreparable loss.
This can be assigned in multiple ways, particularly through the invasion and continued assault on Ukraine by Russia.
But it also speaks to the climate crisis and how devastating natural events are making some areas unlivable.
Doris Salcedo, “Uprooted,” 2020–2022. 804 dead trees and steel; 3000 x 650 x 500 cm. Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 15, Kalba Ice Factory, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. (Photo: Juan Castro)
Uprootedwas recently on view inSharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Presentin the United Arab Emirates.
