Doris Salcedo’s Melancholy Objects

This article takes Doris Salcedo's work 'Atrabiliarios' (held in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) as the starting point for a discussion of the mechanisms of melancholy and fetishism. This is linked to a discussion of the politics of looking, museum displays and memory.

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Main Author: Vera Mackie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2007-09-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
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Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/373
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spelling doaj-0cdd6ad2df524a64aebdf229578efb0c2020-11-25T00:47:37ZengUTS ePRESSPORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies1449-24902007-09-015110.5130/portal.v5i1.373380Doris Salcedo’s Melancholy ObjectsVera Mackie0University of MelbourneThis article takes Doris Salcedo's work 'Atrabiliarios' (held in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) as the starting point for a discussion of the mechanisms of melancholy and fetishism. This is linked to a discussion of the politics of looking, museum displays and memory.https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/373MemoryFetishismMelancholyVisuality
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Doris Salcedo’s Melancholy Objects
PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Memory
Fetishism
Melancholy
Visuality
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title Doris Salcedo’s Melancholy Objects
title_short Doris Salcedo’s Melancholy Objects
title_full Doris Salcedo’s Melancholy Objects
title_fullStr Doris Salcedo’s Melancholy Objects
title_full_unstemmed Doris Salcedo’s Melancholy Objects
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publisher UTS ePRESS
series PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
issn 1449-2490
publishDate 2007-09-01
description This article takes Doris Salcedo's work 'Atrabiliarios' (held in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) as the starting point for a discussion of the mechanisms of melancholy and fetishism. This is linked to a discussion of the politics of looking, museum displays and memory.
topic Memory
Fetishism
Melancholy
Visuality
url https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/373
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