Ana Mendieta

DirectingBorn 1948-11-18Died 1985-09-08 (36)Havana, Cuba

Ana Mendieta (November 18, 1948 – September 8, 1985) was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist who is best known for her "earth-body" artwork. Born in Havana, Mendieta left for the United States in 1961.

Ana Mendieta

Known For

Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

Body Tracks

Chicken Movie, Chicken Piece

Untitled

Blood + Feathers

Black Angel

Creek

Burial Pyramid

Blood Writing

Mirage

Filmography

Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

Esculturas Rupestres

Birth (Gunpowder Works)

Ochún

Untitled: 'Silueta' of Sand

Ana Mendieta: Selected Performance Works (1973-1981)

Ana Mendieta: Selected Film Works

Fundamento Palo Monte (Silueta Series, Gunpowder Works)

Filmworks, August 1980 (La Ventosa and San Felipe, Mexico)

Rocas y Humo

Untitled: Silueta Series (Gunpowder Works)

Volcán

Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 3

Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 1

Silueta de Arena

Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 2

Fire Silueta

X-ray

Butterfly

Alma, Silueta en Fuego

Energy Charge

Silueta Sangrienta

Heart of Rock with Blood

Blood Inside Outside

Flower Silueta

Black Angel

Blood Writing

Ocean Bird (Washup)

Blood Sign

Body Tracks

Weather Balloon, Feathered Balloon

Dog

Silueta del Laberinto (Laberinth Blood Imprint)

Grass Breathing

Mirage

Creek

Untitled

Burial Pyramid

Untitled Silueta

Blood + Feathers

Moffitt Building Piece

Parachute

Sweating Blood

Door Piece

Chicken Movie, Chicken Piece

Untitled

Untitled