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Just another mad Doris?
Just another mad Doris?
Made by Colombian artist Doris Salcedo and entitled Shibboleth, the fissure is the latest monumental piece to fill Tate Modern's giant Turbine Hall in the rolling Unilever series of commissions.
What may not be glaringly obvious to visitors is that Shibboleth is laden with meaning as deep as the crack itself, according to Salcedo.
She explained that it was a statement about racism and the gap between Europeans and the rest of mankind.
She went on: "It represents borders, the experience of immigrants, the experience of segregation, the experience of racial hatred.
"It is the experience of a Third World person coming into the heart of Europe.
What may not be glaringly obvious to visitors is that Shibboleth is laden with meaning as deep as the crack itself, according to Salcedo.
She explained that it was a statement about racism and the gap between Europeans and the rest of mankind.
She went on: "It represents borders, the experience of immigrants, the experience of segregation, the experience of racial hatred.
"It is the experience of a Third World person coming into the heart of Europe.
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