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Erika Diettes: 鈥淪tories Told from the Threshold鈥�
September 25, 2016
Colombian artist Erika Diettes has received international acclaim for a body of work that draws upon her training as both an artist and an anthropologist. In 2011 she set up a studio in the Colombian province of Antioquia, where she interviewed at length and photographed women who had been forced to witness the torture and murder of their loved ones. The resulting twenty photographs, titled Sudarios (Spanish for 鈥淪hrouds鈥�), are printed on large silk panels and are typically displayed in sacred spaces, suspended at different heights. They attest to the women鈥檚 pain, loss and mourning. Yet the works also give evidence to life after horrific events.
In this talk, Diettes speaks about Sudarios in the context of two other projects that address the impact of Colombia's long-running armed conflict: R铆o Abajo and Relicarios. She shares stories of the subjects of her work and addresses audience questions about her process and the impact of her work.
Diettes鈥� talk is given in conjunction with the exhibition of Sudarios at MOCRA.
The work of Erika Diettes (b. 1978) has been exhibited in unique spaces linked to re-memoration processes developed by the victims鈥� movements in Colombia, as well as at other venues, including the Museums of Modern Art of Bogot谩, Cali, Medell铆n, and Baranquilla in Colombia; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Chile; CENTER in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Museum of Fine Arts and the Fotofest Biennial in Houston; the Festival de la Luz in Buenos Aires; the Ballarat Foto Biennale in Australia; and the Malta Festival in Pozn谩n, Poland. Her work is part of the permanent collections of the Museo de Antioquia (Colombia) and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, as well as other important public and private collections in Colombia and the United States.
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Erika Diettes. Photo by Jeffrey Vaughn.
| Exhibition | |
|---|---|
| 2018-10-07 to 2018-10-14 | 
Walking in Hope: A Weeklong Celebration of the Canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero |
| 2017-04-20 | 
鈥淭he Hand Acts Out a Joyous Dance鈥�: Celebrating the Art of Bernard Maisner |
| 2016-09-25 |
Erika Diettes: 鈥淪tories Told from the Threshold鈥� |
| 2015-12-06 | 
So That You Know Each Other: Intercultural Reflections on Art, Beauty, and Islam |
| 2014-11-15 | 
John Handley: “The Religious Art of Pablo Picasso” |
| 2018-09-28 to 2018-09-29 | 
Fleur-de-Lis Floral Art Walk |
| 2014-02-23 | 
鈥淭he Economy of Gift鈥� in Socially Engaged Art Practices: A Public Deliberation |
| 2013-10-02 | 
Art21: The Spiritual Light screening at CAM |
| 2013-03-02 | 
Rituals and Spirituality in the Performative Photographic Work of Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons |
| 2012-11-11 | 
Breaking Boundaries: A Conversation about the Art of Patrick Graham |
| 2012-05-20 | 
Stephen P. Durchslag: 鈥淭he Jewish Experience and the Haggadah鈥� |
| 2012-03-27 |
2012 Loyola Chair Lecture: “The Image of the Wounded Body of Christ and the Modern Social Consciousness” |
| 2011-10-06 |
2011 Loyola Chair Lecture: 鈥淭he Pursuit of the Spirit: The Renewed Interest in the Spiritual and Religious Dimensions in Contemporary Art鈥� |
| 2011-05-01 | 
Terrence Dempsey, S.J.: 鈥淕eorges Rouault and the Art of Sacred Engagement鈥� |
| 2010-11-15 |
Terrence Demspey, S.J.: “Creating a Religious Environment through Contemporary Art and Architecture” |
| 2010-03-28 |
Terrence Dempsey, S.J.: “The Wounded Body of Christ and the Modern Social Conscience” |
| 2009-12-01 | 
Day With(out) Art |
| 2009-11-15 | 
Michael Byron: “Cosmic Tears: Word and Image” |
| 2009-03-29 | 
Art and the Religious Imagination |
| 2008-04-15 | 
Wu Hung: 鈥淲hat Is Contemporary Chinese Art?鈥� |
| 2007-10-07 | 
Celluloid Bible Classics: The Ten Commandments |
| 2007-11-04 | 
Celluloid Bible Classics: Ben-Hur |
| 2007-09-16 | 
Michael Morris, O.P.: 鈥淢oving Pictures: The Bible and Beyond鈥� |
| 2007-03-30 | 
Peter Frank: 鈥淎n Oskar Fischinger Tribute鈥� |
| 2006-12-01 | 
Day With(out) Art |
| 2005-12-04 | 
Robert Rosenblum: 鈥淒oDo Jin Ming: An Art Historian's View鈥� |
| 2003-09-07 | 
To Make Extraordinary: The Role of Sacred Objects in Life and Worship |
| 2002-05-04 | 
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A University Response |
| 2002-04-30 | 
Fred D. Gray: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A Study That Should Never Have Occurred |
| 2002-01-31 | 
Cloudlanders |
| 2002-01-26 | 
Thomas Sokolowski: 鈥淭he Last Temptation: Andy Warhols Art as Belief鈥� |
| 2000-11-30 | 
Day With(out) Art |
| 2001-04-06 | 
Bare Naked Statues in concert |
| 1999-04-15 | 
Two Lectures: Ellen Dissanayake and Jack Renard |
| 1999-03-27 | 
Bernard Maisner: 鈥淭he Art of the Illuminator鈥� |
| 1998-03-22 | 
Renaissance and Modern |
| 1997-11-15 | 
The Role of the Computer in Contemporary Art |
| 1997-07-24 | 
Jennifer Biddle: Body, Country, Canvas: Meaning and Identity in Central Desert Aboriginal Women鈥檚 Art |
| 1997-06-07 |
Creativity as Ancestral Mind: Living with the Ancestors |
| 1997-02-27 | 
The Artist and the Theologian Dialogue: The Body of Christ as Veiling and Unveiling the Invisible God |
| 1996-12-01 | 
Day Without Art |
| 1996-05-19 | 
The Artist as Poet: Readings by Edward Boccia |
| 1995-05-20 | 
Ian Friend: 鈥淭he Edge of Belief鈥� |
| 1995-05-04 | 
Peter Selz: 鈥淒egenerate Art鈥� |
| 1995-02-05 | 
Lynn Hague in recital |
| 1994-11-13 |
Terrence Dempsey, S.J.: 鈥淭he Spiritual in Art in the Time of AIDS鈥� |
| 1994-12-01 |
Day Without Art |
| 1994-11-05 |
Thomas Sokolowski: 鈥淭he Changing Face of AIDS鈥� |
| 1994-11-01 |
The Amici String Quartet in recital |
| 1994-10-15 | 
Consecrations: The Spiritual in Art in the TIme of AIDS dance program and opening reception |
| 1993-10-29 | 
I Remember Alvin |
| 1993-11-05 | 
An Evening with Katherine Dunham |
| 1992-11-07 | 
The Artist and Sacred Space |