“Having been torn from my homeland during my adolescence, I am overwhelmed by the feeling of h
“Having been torn from my homeland during my adolescence, I am overwhelmed by the feeling of having been cast out from the womb… . My art is the way I reestablish the bonds that unite me to the Universe. It is a return to the maternal source.” Remembering Ana Mendieta, born on this day in 1948. Mendieta’s performative “earth-body” works probed the primeval link between woman and nature. Born in Cuba, Mendieta was separated from her family as a child, growing up in foster care in the United States. In the deeply personal, transformative actions documented in her video works, Mendieta’s body becomes a nexus of performance, conceptual art, and spiritual transcendence. See her work on view in Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection: “Corazón de Roca con Sangre (Rock Heart with Blood)” (1975) -- source link
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