Ana Mendieta: Earth Body Sculpture and Performance 1972–1985

June 30, 2004–Jan 1, 2005

A parched landscape with cracked earth, a tree stump, and leafless trees near a water body.
A parched landscape with cracked earth, a tree stump, and leafless trees near a water body.

Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Silueta Series, Iowa), 1979. Chromogenic print, image: 20 × 13 3/16 in. (50.8 × 33.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 92.113. ©Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection

Ana Mendieta: Earth Body Sculpture and Performance 1972–1985 was organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The New York installation was organized by Chrissie Iles.



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