Erika Diettes

 Shrouds


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Black and white
digital photograph
Silk printing
7.48 x 4.4 ft.


Shrouds

2011

Black and white portraits of women who are victims of armed conflict in Antioquia, Colombia, taken as they describe the dramatic experiences of the murders of their loved ones, which they have had to witness and survive. The photographs were taken at the climax of the account, hence freezing in time an instant of deep sadness, which the artist sets on a fine silk canvas, recalling the Christian reliquary – The Shroud: the agony of Christ, the Passion and the Piety. It is because of this that throughout multiple instances, this work has been exhibited in the context of sacred sites, thus generating a dialogue between sacred architecture, the space for prayer, and the image of the artist. The dialogue process with the victims during the photo shoots and ulterior exhibit additionally become a progressive healing amid the victims’ grief.

 

 

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Exhibitions

 

2019
Catedral de Liverpool

Liverpool, England

2018
Santuario San Pedro Claver

Cartagena, Colombia

2017
Parroquia del Verbo Encarnado y de la Sagrada Familia

Ciudad de México, México

2016
MOCRA- Museum of contemporary Religious Art

St Louis MO, USA

2016
Museo Rayo

Roldanillo (Valle), Colombia


2016
Paroquia Nossa Senhora da Paz

São Paulo, BRASIL.

2015
MFA Museum of Fine Arts

Houston TX, USA


2015
Iglesia de San José

Madrid, España

2015
Mosteiro de São Bento da Bahia

Salvador de Bahia, Brasil

2014
Koscioł oo. Jezuitów, ul, Szewska

(Capilla Jesuita) Poznan, Polonia

2014
St. Canice Church

Sydney, Australia

2013
IHM Retreat Center Chapel

Santa Fe NM, USA

2013
Mining Exchange

Ballarat, Australia

2012
Iglesia de Chiquinquirá

(La Chinca) Santafé de Antioquia, Colombia

 

2012
Templo El Señor de las Misericordias

Medellín, Colombia

2012
Monasterio de Santa Catalina

Buenos Aires, Argentina

2012
Capilla de Jesús Resucitado

Barichara, Colombia

2012
Capilla de Los Remedios

Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

2012
Ex Teresa-Arte Actual

Ciudad de México, México

2012
Trinity Episcopal Church

Houston TX, USA

2011
Museo Iglesia de Santa Clara

Bogotá D.C. Colombia