Ana Mendieta—Performance Artist
Birth
Ana Mendieta was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1948 and died in 1985.
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Ana Mendieta (American, born Cuba, 1948—1985)
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Work
Ana Mendieta (Havana 1948-New York 1985) is now an indisputable international reference in the art world, her person and her works remain largely unknown. ... The Cuban Ana Mendieta left at a young age - because of the political situation - her country and her family for the United States. ... In these works Ana Mendieta achieved a unique synthesis which related her actions to the form (silhouette) of her body, to land art and to the typical esoterically symbols of religions and primitive rituals.
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Her 1998 dissertation, "Ana Mendieta: The Iowa Years. A Critical Study, 1969 through 1977," brought to light critical information about Mendietas formative influences and the impact of the Intermedia education she received at the University of Iowa. Raquelín Mendieta is the artists sister, administrator of her estate, and an artist. As teenagers, Raquelín and Ana were brought to Iowa in 1961 as part of Operation Peter Pan, which sent approximately 14,000 Cuban children to the United States without their parents or extended families.
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To this day, Ana Mendieta remains the only Cuban expatriate from the United States to participate fully in Cuban national exhibitions. (right: Ana Mendieta, Isla, 1981/1994, black and white photograph, 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm). Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York. © Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection.) While deeply rooted in her personal experience, Mendieta's art reveals a passionate desire to connect with a wider, collective human heritage. Her aim to unravel layers of individual and society history and unmask latent ethnic, cultural, and gender biases in society, was to foster greater self-awareness and comprehension of the complex diversity of humanity.
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Una exhibición llamada Ana Mendieta: Earth Body Sculpture and Performance 1972-1985, empezó en el Whitney en Nueva York en julio de 2004, ahora está en el Hirshorn Museum en Washington, DC (octubre 04-enero 05) y viajará al Des Moines Art Center y Miami Art Museum.
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Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Body Tracks), 1974, lifetime color photograph, 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm), Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York. Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection.)
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Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance 1972-1985 (above: Untitled (Body Tracks), 1974, Lifetime color photograph, 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm);.of The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York, NY) The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, presents the most comprehensive survey to date of over 100 works by Cuban-born artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985). "Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance 1972-1985," organized by the museum's deputy director Olga Viso, is on view at the Hirshhorn from October14 through January 2, 2005.
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