Doris Salcedo’s Fragmentos turns weapons surrendered by the FARC into a metal floor created with the participation of women who experienced sexual violence during Colombia’s conflict. Instead of building another heroic monument above us, Salcedo places history beneath our feet. I find that reversal powerful. A monument usually asks us to look up. This one changes the ground we stand on.
https://www.museonacional.gov.co/noticias/Paginas/Fragmentos.aspx
Max Neuhaus hid Times Square beneath a pedestrian island in Manhattan. No sculpture announces itself. A deep electronic sound simply rises through a street grate among traffic, footsteps and city noise. I like that you can encounter the work without knowing you have encountered art. In a place where almost everything competes for attention, Neuhaus created something that becomes visible only by listening.
https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/max-neuhaus-times-square