"Beauty is just kind of an accident. Beauty is just a
happenstance. Beauty is the remainders of being a painter."
Historical events and personal experience can strongly influence
the process of making art. For Doris Salcedo, the experience of
living in the Third World impacts not only the reasons she makes
art, but also what she makes. In her Art in the Twenty-First
Century segment, Salcedo discusses how her art bears testimony
to victims of violence, poverty, and disempowerment. View
Salcedo's segment, and consider how her work brings memories and
experiences from current events as well as the past into the
present. Compare the way Doris Salcedo reflects on the
relationship between historical events and personal experience
to the approaches of other artists whose works draw from the
past or current events, including: Kara Walker, Alfredo Jaar,
William Kentridge, Yinka Shonibare MBE, and Carrie Mae Weems.
What are the different ways in which our society remembers
current and historic events? In what ways do m