Teresa Margolles: At the Scene / En el lugar de los hechos - Paperback

 

For nearly thirty years, Teresa Margolles (born 1963) has gone where few artists have. She investigates searing histories of conflict and brutality, creating sculptural installations, photographs, films, and performances that bear witness to suppressed stories and make visible the underlying systems of inequality. Trained as a forensic pathologist, Margolles works through methodical research, site-specific interventions, and a radical rethinking of the memorial. Her art often uses found objects and elemental materials like water, concrete, and earth to make palpable the forces that foster and enable violence. Published in conjunction with the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in the United States, presented at MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, this book offers a focused exploration of her powerful practice. 140 pages, 100 illustrations.