Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist's most famous work to date, Shibboleth (2007, London, Tate Modern) was simply a 167m long crack in the floor of the gallery.Based on your understanding of this artist's work, what was the crack a metaphor for?

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Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist's most famous work to date, Shibboleth (2007, London, Tate Modern) was simply a 167m long crack in the floor of the gallery.Based on your understanding of this artist's work, what was the crack a metaphor for?






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