Ana Mendieta: Traces

Retrospective of the work of conceptual artists Ana Mendieta at the Hayward Galley.

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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