#art, Mujeres artistas (la serie): Ana Mendieta -Women Artists Series: Ana Mendieta

(Ana Mendieta/Foto/Photo La Rueda Suelta)

LA MUJER Y EL MISTERIO

Artista conceptual cubana comprometida con el arte, con el desarrollo del mismo, con la libertad, con el feminismo y con la vida… Nació en La Habana en 1948. Emigró a Estados Unidos para salvarse de vivir bajo la dictadura de Fidel Castro. A través del programa «Pedro Pan» (para salvar a los menores de edad del comunismo) Ana llegó al estado de Iowa en EEUU en 1960. En 1966 se pudo reunir otra vez con su madre y el 1979 con su padre que había sido encarcelado en Cuba comunista por haber sido parte de la Brigada 2506 que hizo un intento por liberar a Cuba de la tiranía de los hermanos Castro. Mendieta estudió arte en la University of Iowa, y sus obras se centraban en los hechos violentos que sufrían las mujeres. Se interesó, además, por la espiritualidad, la religion y por rituales primitivos. Después del post-grado se mudó a Nueva York. Su obra se centraba en el feminismo, en la violencia contra las mujeres y en el hecho de tener que vivir separada de su tierra por culpa de los comunistas. Ana Mendieta usaba la tierra misma para crear. Os urjo que busquéis mas sobre esta impresionante artista que murió joven, trágicamente y misteriosamente el 8 de septiembre de 1985 en Nueva York. Mendieta calló de una ventana en el piso 34 de un edificio en Greenwich Village (Manhattan), situado en el numero 300 de Mercer Street. Allí vivía con su esposo, el también artista Carl Andre, que fue quien pudo haberla lanzado por la ventana pues poco antes de caer los vecinos la oyeron gritar ¡No! Pero Carl Andre quedó absuelto ya que no hubieron testigos, aunque a Andre se le vieron varias rasguñas en la cara.

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THE WOMAN AND THE MYSTERY

This Cuban conceptual artist was committed to art, to its development, to freedom and with feminism, throughout her short life… She was born in La Habana in 1948. She emigrated to the US to save herself from living under the dictatorship of Fidel Castro. She came to the US, in 1960, via a special programme for minors called «Pedro Pan»* and was sent to live in Iowa. In 1966 she was reunited with her mother and in 1979 with her father who had been held prisoner in Cuba for being part of the Brigada 2506 who spearheaded an invasion to rid Cuba of the brothers Castro. Mendieta studied art at the University of Iowa. Her work centred on violence done to women. She also became interested in spirituality, religion and in primitive rituals. After graduate school she relocated to New York. The body of her work dealt with feminism, violence against women and in the suffering of those who are forced to live away from their native soil because of communism. Ana Mendieta therefore used soil itself to create art. I urge you to look for more about this impressive woman artist who died young and tragically (and mysteriously) on the 8th of September, 1985 in New York. Mendieta fell out of the window of her 34th floor flat in Greenwich Village (Manhattan) whose address was 300 Mercer Street. She lived there with her artist husband Carl Andre, who might have been the one to throw her out the window as seconds before she fell neighbours heard her shout «No!» But Carl Andre was acquitted as there were no witnesses, although his face was quite scratched up at the time.

(Foto/Photo Ana Mendieta, «Sin título»/«Untitled» (de la serie Mujer de arena/from the series woman of sand), 1983. Cortesía de/Courtesy of The Farber Collection)
(Nombre y fotografo desconocido/Unknown name and photographer)
(«Imagen de Yagul»/de la serie Siluetas/»Image of Yagul»/from the series Silueta Works/Mexico 1973-1977, 1973)

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTA/PRESENTS

Gracias…

Cheers…

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  1. Avatar de equipsblog equipsblog dice:

    Very powerful art, Francisco. I agree that she was likely pushed. What is one more immigrant woman to the world?

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    1. So true Pat! It might have gone that way, a mystery that will never be solved. And although I am not really into conceptual art, I think her work was pretty sincere and powerful. Thank you so much and all the best!

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      1. Avatar de equipsblog equipsblog dice:

        Very welcome, Francisco.

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  2. Fabulous artwork! Thank you for sharing such powerful work Francisco! 😁🌻😊

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    1. Thank you so much Sara! I am so glad you liked it. Have a lovely Sunday afternoon! 🌻🌻🌻

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      1. You’re most welcome Francisco! I hope you’re having a lovely evening. 😊🌻😊

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      2. Thank you Sara! Have a peaceful night and sweet dreams 😴

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      3. Sweet dreams Francisco! 😴🌻

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      4. Good morning 🌅! Have a wonderful day Sara! 🌻🌞🌻

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      5. Have a beautiful day Francisco! 🌻☕️🌞

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      6. Thanks so much Sara! Same to you. Enjoy! 🌻😊🌞🌻

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      7. My pleasure Francisco, from a rainy, cool Wales! 🌧️😊🌻

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      8. Enjoy your Monday evening Sara! 🍷🌼🍷

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      9. Thank you, and you Francisco! 🍷🌻🍷

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      10. Pleasure Sara. This is a working evening and night for me as I am engaged with a new painting. All the best! 🌻😊🌻

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      11. Oooh – I hope your new painting is going well. Enjoy the process Francisco! 🤗😁🌻

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      12. Thanks Sara! Always enjoying the process. 😊💜😊

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      13. 🎨😊🧡😊

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  3. Avatar de ourcrossings ourcrossings dice:

    I’ve seen her art, and one that struck me the most was Imagen de Yagul. The contours of a human body, lying within a cavity of a rock formation, with protruding wildflowers framing limbs and torso, obscuring the face seemed to be about something beyond us as individuals, about the boundary between life and death, of a human body buried among something much older and larger than itself, supported and surrounded by tender, flowering life. Thanks for sharing, and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx

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    1. Thank you 🙏🏻 Aiva! Have a wonderful day and week!

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      1. Avatar de ourcrossings ourcrossings dice:

        🥰🥰🥰

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