Ana Mendieta: Traces
Retrospective of
the work of conceptual artists Ana Mendieta at the Hayward Galley.
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Mendieta had a
relatively short career which concentrated on being a dialogue between the
landscape and the female body. She is most known for her works called Situeta
where she formed a silhouette of her body in the country it often settling fire
to the image. I rather liked these and oddly seem to now be seeing versions of
this sort of image in other exhibitions.
It seemed at
first strange to have an exhibition of conceptual artist as what you want to
see is the thing happening not the photograph of it however this show cleverly
reproduced her first solo shows, showing work from it in the same order and
environment as the original which gave a clearer idea of how she saw the work.
I liked the last
section best which was more sculptural and included rough planks with burnt
designs and floor sculptures.
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