Representative work by Teresa Margolles
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Artist

Teresa Margolles

b. 1963, Culiacán, Mexico · Mexican

  • National Autonomous University of Mexico

Teresa Margolles developed a practice around death, violence and social inequality, initially through the collective SEMEFO and later through installations using materials connected to morgues, crime scenes and sites of loss. Her work is especially focused on the human consequences of violence in Mexico.

Installation; photography; sculpture; performance

Major Works

  • 2001Vaporización
  • 2003En el aire
  • 2009¿De qué otra cosa podríamos hablar?
  • 2012La promesa
  • 2016Pesquisas
  • 2012Tela bordada
  • 2003Aire
  • 2008Sonidos de la muerte
  • 2000sEl agua en la ciudad
  • 2010sMuro Ciudad Juárez

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