Ana Mendieta is widely regarded as among the most original and talented artists of the postwar era. She produced a stunning body of work that drew together the most important innovations of her moment ...
Since Ana Mendieta’s untimely death in 1985, her imprint on the landscape of art has only become more pronounced, with interest in her life growing alongside it. “Ana Mendieta: Experimental and ...
CHICAGO — In a darkened gallery in the Art Institute of Chicago, a grainy video from decades ago begins. Standing with her face pressed up against a white wall, a woman reaches down and scoops up a ...
Ana Mendieta. (Photo: The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection LLC, Courtesy Galerie Lelong New York) Courtesy the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection LLC and Galerie Lelong New York The first week of ...
Her shocking performances and stunning images made Mendieta the talk of the art world in the 1970s and 80s. Then she fell from a New York apartment block in 1985 – and her husband was charged with ...
Ana Mendieta’s art was sometimes violent, often unapologetically feminist and usually raw. She effortlessly incorporated unusual natural materials like blood, dirt, water and fire, and displayed her ...