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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Ana Mendieta: Back to the Source

Ana Mendieta: Back to the Source

Mendieta, Ana
Lippard, Lucy R.
Mendieta, Raquel Cecilia

Paperback

Conceptual ArtGeneral ArtIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $45.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 13, 2026

ISBN10: 094421956X
ISBN13: 9780944219560
Publisher: Marian Goodman Gallery
Published: Oct 13 2026
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.60 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Using the earth as a sculptural medium, Mendieta conveyed notions of existence, resurgence and renewal through site-inclusive works that were exquisitely ethereal and transitory

The Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta (1948-85) was a pioneer and innovator whose singular artistic interventions in the landscape embraced nature and defied societal conventions. With her body as material, and driven by nature's symbolic meaning, she sought to integrate power, magic and knowledge into her work, using natural materials as well as the four elements. Feathers, flowers, branches, moss, fireworks and gunpowder were often part of ritual practices to return her to the land and connect her to the universal. Her body of work testifies to a passionate engagement with themes of exile and displacement, reconnecting with the earth, and the search for belonging and origin. Creating a rich and diverse body of work that included ephemeral sculptures, Mendieta, in her film and photographic works, captures time and process through direct actions which transport her beyond conventional materials to the realm of the intangible and impermanent, using nature as a collaborator.

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