Review by: Sammy
Gelerman
In the
Harvard museum in Harvard square, A Flor
de Piel is thousands of treated, preserved, and hand sewn rose petals. The artist, Doris Salcedo composed this as an
offering to a Colombian nurse who was kidnapped and then tortured until her
death. This reddish-brown skin of roses looks like a large, softly textured
blanket. It is presented laying on a smooth grey floor with plain white walls.
The blanket of roses lays ruffled and looks drapery on the floor. This symbolic
piece of art looks like a pool of blood from afar, and its rusty coloring draws
in more than meets the eye. Overall this beautiful piece of art is creative and
the meaning behind it is heart warming.
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