Ana Mendieta was born on November 18, 1948 and died on September 8, 1985. She was a Cuban-American artist. Mendieta’s work was comprised of performance art and “earth-body” sculptural, photographic, and video work. Her work is considered to be strongly feminist. Her work is also considered to be a bit autobiographical as well. At first her theme was violence against the female body. She later focused on spiritual and physical connections with the land.
Mendieta is most known for her “Silueta Series.” This series exemplifies her fascination for the study of “ancient cultures, cross-cultural archetypes, and engagements with themes of gender and identity.” In these pieces she outlined the earth with her body and used leaves, twigs, blood, and other organic materials. I really like these pieces because she literally inscribed herself into nature.
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