Representative work by Ana Mendieta
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Artist

Ana Mendieta

b. 1948, Havana, Cuba · Based in New York & Rome

  • MFA, Intermedia, University of Iowa (1977)
  • MA, Painting, University of Iowa (1972)
  • Earth-Body Art
  • Performance
  • Photography
  • Sculpture

Ana Mendieta was a groundbreaking Cuban-American artist whose seminal 'Silueta' series merged the female body with natural landscapes—soil, mud, blood, rocks, and fire. Investigating exile, Afro-Cuban Santería, and female spirituality, her works establish an indelible dialogue between human existence and the earth.

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