This is a piece from Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Series created in Mexico in 1973-78. In this particular series, Mendieta takes the outline of her own body and marks or draws it into a natural setting using a variety of materials and techniques, including carved stone, molded earth or snow, rocks traced with flowers, blood and fire. By combining aspects of performance, the body, feminism and land art, Mendieta creates a distinct relationship between the female body and nature. In this image, the artist’s form is fused with the natural environment as it sinks into the sands of the beach. Generally, I believe the connection between nature and women represented in Mendieta’s work also comments on the female body’s ability to produce new life and a new beginnings. In this work the artist specifically symbolizes Yemayá, orisha of the ocean, who represents a “loving and wrathful” mother.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Ana Mendieta, Silueta
This is a piece from Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Series created in Mexico in 1973-78. In this particular series, Mendieta takes the outline of her own body and marks or draws it into a natural setting using a variety of materials and techniques, including carved stone, molded earth or snow, rocks traced with flowers, blood and fire. By combining aspects of performance, the body, feminism and land art, Mendieta creates a distinct relationship between the female body and nature. In this image, the artist’s form is fused with the natural environment as it sinks into the sands of the beach. Generally, I believe the connection between nature and women represented in Mendieta’s work also comments on the female body’s ability to produce new life and a new beginnings. In this work the artist specifically symbolizes Yemayá, orisha of the ocean, who represents a “loving and wrathful” mother.
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