"Teresa Margolles has spent over 30 years creating sculptures, performances, and installation work with organic and bodily materials sourced from homicide victims, morgues, and crime scenes."
"In a 2026 evolution of Margolles's ongoing Air series, a MoMA PS1 gallery will be humidified with water imbued with degradable material from homicide sites."
"Margolles shifts grief from the protected space of memorial to the unsettled and living terrain of everyday life."
MoMA PS1 in New York City will present a survey of Mexican artist Teresa Margolles, known for her work with materials from homicide victims. The exhibition will feature her confrontations with murder and violence along the US-Mexico border, exploring themes of body treatment and remembrance. Notable works include a humidified gallery with water from crime scenes and a performance cleaning murder sites in Dallas. The Museum of Modern Art will also host a new installation engaging viewers with water and steel hotplates, emphasizing the impact of violent death in daily life.
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