A small celebration of Ana Mendieta: 
Her work is immediate and magical, strong and ephemeral. Very Interesting.
Ana was born in Cuba in 1948 and exiled to the USA at thirteen with her elder sister, because her family opposed the dictatorship.
Themes of exile, violence and the creation/destruction cycle are prevalent, and her work always uses the form, silhouette or imprints of the female body. A woman emerges from a tree; branches make a woman.
Until the last two years of her life, her work was performance, photograph and video based. Still focusing on the female form, she began making object based art. She married Carl Andre, of 'Equivalent' fame.
She Fell from a Height in 1985.
Ana Mendieta's images of human connection to the landscape are both autobiographical and mythic, and this is the briefest look at her remarkable approach.
Why paint when more immediate work is possible? I'm still trying to work that one out...but there are Reasons.
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