Colombia artist melts 37 tonnes of weapons into metal plates to construct anti-war memorial
- 5 years ago
The latest work of Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo – an anti-war memorial built using the melted down metal of 37 tonnes of weapons – was unveiled on Monday, December 10.
Known as 'Fragments', the monument pays tribute to the lives lost in the country's civil war, which left 260,000 dead and over 7 million displaced. It is being featured at a gallery space a block from the presidential palace in Bogota.
“The idea was to take the weapons which have caused so much pain and turn them into something useful,” Salcedo said to the Guardian.
Known as 'Fragments', the monument pays tribute to the lives lost in the country's civil war, which left 260,000 dead and over 7 million displaced. It is being featured at a gallery space a block from the presidential palace in Bogota.
“The idea was to take the weapons which have caused so much pain and turn them into something useful,” Salcedo said to the Guardian.