One girl said the plaster in the shirts reminded her of bone.
My breath caught and for a moment time stood still.
Yes, I said, you’re right.
#dorissalcedo #neverunderestimatechildren #arteducation

in animal skin in a vain attempt to warm them. Materiality is an important aspect of her work, so I focussed on this with the kids. I gave them a very simple summary of the work’s story. We talked about the materials- “cold” “hard” “empty” …

… I had to find a way to make the often difficult subject matter age-appropriate. This piece is Salcedo’s response to the murder of many banana plantation workers in the middle of the night by the militia. Men’s shirts soaked in plaster pierced through the chest by steel spikes. Cold beds wrapped…

Matisse & Derain exhibited the works from this holiday in the Salon d'Automne 1905, along with others by Camoin, de Vlaminck & Marquet in Salle 7 (room 7). The artists were dismissed by critic Louis Vauxcelles as "les fauves (wild ones). The name stuck & and movement became known as #fauvism