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Estate of Ana Mendieta
1948-1985

Estate of Ana Mendieta 1948-1985

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  • In a brief yet prolific career, Ana Mendieta® created groundbreaking work in photography, film, video, drawing, sculpture, and site-specific installations....

    Imágen de Yágul, 1973

    In a brief yet prolific career, Ana Mendieta® created groundbreaking work in photography, film, video, drawing, sculpture, and site-specific installations. Amongst the major themes in her work are exile, displacement, and a return to the landscape, which remain profoundly relevant today. Her unique hybrid of form and documentation, earth/body works that she titled "siluetas," are fugitive and potent traces of the artist's inscription of her body in the landscape, often transformed by natural elements such as fire and water.

    Mendieta's work has been the subject of 56 monographic exhibitions, which include 16 major museum retrospectives. A forthcoming major solo exhibition will be on view at the Tate Modern, London, from July 2026 to January 2027. In 2023, the solo exhibition Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin which exhibited the artist's early paintings for the first time was held at MO.CO Montpellier Contemporain, France and traveled to MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain and Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Two bilingual catalogues in French and Spanish were published in accompaniment. The 2023 exhibition Ana Mendieta: Silhueta em Fogo at SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil was accompanied by the artist's first Portuguese-English catalogue. 

  • “My art is the way I reestablish the bonds that unite me to the Universe. It is a return to the maternal source.”
    —Ana Mendieta
  • The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC, in collaboration with Galerie Lelong, catalogued and digitized the entirety of Mendieta’s moving...
    Untitled, 1980

    The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC, in collaboration with Galerie Lelong, catalogued and digitized the entirety of Mendieta’s moving image works, discovering that the artist remarkably made more than 100 in the ten-year period in which she worked in the medium. In 2014, the groundbreaking exhibition Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta, was organized by the Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, and travelled to several institutions worldwide, including  NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Florida; University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; and the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris. The accompanying exhibition catalogue remains the most complete filmography of the artist's work and exclusive screenings of Mendieta's filmworks have continued to be held at institutions across Europe, Asia, and America. Ana Mendieta: Traces, was organized by the Hayward Gallery, England, in 2013, and travelled to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria, and the Galerie Rudolfinum, Czech Republic. Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance 1972-1985 was organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., in 2005 and travelled to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Des Moines Art Center, Iowa; and Miami Art Museum, Florida.

    Mendieta was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1948, and died in New York City in 1985.

    All artist quotes and artwork images © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC, Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

     

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    • Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants), 1972

      Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants), 1972

    • Ocean Bird (Washup), 1974
      Ocean Bird (Washup), 1974
    • Flower Person, Flower Body, 1975
      Flower Person, Flower Body, 1975
    • Black Angel, c. 1975
      Black Angel, c. 1975
    • Untitled: Silueta Series, Iowa, 1979
      Untitled: Silueta Series, Iowa, 1979
    • Untitled: Silueta Series, 1979
      Untitled: Silueta Series, 1979
    • Maroya (Esculturas Rupestres) [Moon (Rupestrian Sculptures)], 1981
      Maroya (Esculturas Rupestres) [Moon (Rupestrian Sculptures)], 1981
       
    • Untitled, 1983
      Untitled, 1983
    • Untitled, 1985
      Untitled, 1985
  • Select Exhibitions

    • Ana Mendieta, Tate Modern, London, UK
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta

      Tate Modern, London, UK 9 July 2026 - 10 January 2027 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Three Films by Ana Mendieta, MoMA, New York City
      Exhibitions

      Three Films by Ana Mendieta

      MoMA, New York City 15 November 2024 - 21 November 2025 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin, Musée des beaux-arts La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin

      Musée des beaux-arts La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 30 June - 27 October 2024 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Ana Mendieta: Silhueta em Fogo, SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: Silhueta em Fogo

      SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil 19 September 2023 - 21 January 2024 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin

      MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain 27 January - 19 May 2024 Museum & Public Exhibitions
      Galerie Lelong & Co. is pleased to announce that Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin is on view at MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain through May...
    • Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin, MO.CO. Panacée, Montpellier, France
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin

      MO.CO. Panacée, Montpellier, France 3 June - 10 September 2023 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Ana Mendieta: La tierra habla (The Earth Speaks)
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: La tierra habla (The Earth Speaks)

      17 October - 16 November 2019 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Ana Mendieta: Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Florida
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta

      NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Florida 28 February - 3 July 2016 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Ana Mendieta: Experimental and Interactive Films
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: Experimental and Interactive Films

      5 February - 26 March 2016 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Ana Mendieta: Late Works: 1981-85
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: Late Works: 1981-85

      10 May - 22 June 2013 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Ana Mendieta: Documentation and Artwork, 1972–1985
      Exhibitions

      Ana Mendieta: Documentation and Artwork, 1972–1985

      28 October - 11 December 2010 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Converge: Works by Ana Mendieta and Hans Breder, 1970-1980
      Exhibitions

      Converge: Works by Ana Mendieta and Hans Breder, 1970-1980

      31 January - 1 March 2008 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
  • Press

    • The New York Times, Cuban Artist Ana Mendieta's Family Fights to Tell Her Story
      Press

      The New York Times

      Cuban Artist Ana Mendieta's Family Fights to Tell Her Story March 2, 2024
    • PAPER, See Ana Mendieta's Cave Art Up Close
      Press

      PAPER

      See Ana Mendieta's Cave Art Up Close November 13, 2019
    • The New York Times, The Week in Arts - Ana Mendieta’s Impressions in the Sand
      Press

      The New York Times

      The Week in Arts - Ana Mendieta’s Impressions in the Sand November 1, 2019
    • The New York Times, Review: Ana Mendieta’s Experimental Films, Still Potent, at Galerie Lelong
      Press

      The New York Times

      Review: Ana Mendieta’s Experimental Films, Still Potent, at Galerie Lelong March 24, 2016
  • Publications

    • Ana Mendieta: Silhueta em Fogo
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta: Silhueta em Fogo

    • Ana Mendieta. En búsqueda del origen / Search for Origin
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta. En búsqueda del origen / Search for Origin

      Contributions by Numa Hambursin, Álvaro Rodríguez Fominaya, Géraldine Gourbe , Carla Guardiola Bravo, Rahmouna Boutayeb, Vincent Honoré, Raquel Cecilia Mendieta. Published with This Side Up and MUSAC, León. published in...
    • Ana Mendieta. Aux commencements / Search for Origin
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta. Aux commencements / Search for Origin

      Contributions by Numa Hambursin, Álvaro Rodríguez Fominaya, Géraldine Gourbe , Carla Guardiola Bravo, Rahmouna Boutayeb, Vincent Honoré, Raquel Cecilia Mendieta. Published with This Side Up and MUSAC, León. published in...
    • Ana Mendieta: La tierra habla (The Earth Speaks), Lucy Lippard, Anna Lovatt, Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Gerardo Mosquera
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta: La tierra habla (The Earth Speaks)

      Lucy Lippard, Anna Lovatt, Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Gerardo Mosquera
      Texts by Lucy Lippard, Anna Lovatt, Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, and Gerardo Mosquera Published by Galerie Lelong & Co., New York ISBN: 978-0-967147-2-3 Hardcover catalogue accompanying the exhibition 'Ana Mendieta: La...
    • Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta, Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Howard Oransky, et al.
      Publications

      Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta

      Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Howard Oransky, et al.
      Laura Wertheim Joseph, Lynn Lukkas, Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Howard Oransky, John Perreault, Michael Rush, and Rachel Weiss Published by Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, in association with University...
    • Ana Mendieta. She Got Love, Beatrice Merz, Olga Gambari
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta. She Got Love

      Beatrice Merz, Olga Gambari
      Published by Castello di Rivoli d’Arte Contemporanea ISBN: 8857219103
    • Ana Mendieta: Traces, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Adrian Heathfield, Stephanie Rosenthal
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta: Traces

      Julia Bryan-Wilson, Adrian Heathfield, Stephanie Rosenthal
      Foreword by Ralph Rugoff. Texts by Julia Bryan-Wilson, Adrian Heathfield, Stephanie Rosenthal Published by Hayward Publishing ISBN: 9781853323171
    • Ana Mendieta: Blood & Fire, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Linda Montano, Nancy Princenthal, Mary Sabbatino
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta: Blood & Fire

      Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Linda Montano, Nancy Princenthal, Mary Sabbatino
      Published by Galerie Lelong ISBN: 9782868820976
    • Unseen Mendieta: The Unpublished Works of Ana Mendieta, Olga M. Viso
      Publications

      Unseen Mendieta: The Unpublished Works of Ana Mendieta

      Olga M. Viso
      Published by Prestel ISBN: 9783791339665
    • Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance 1972-1985, Olga M. Viso
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance 1972-1985

      Olga M. Viso
      By Olga M. Viso, with essays by Guy Brett, Julia P. Herzberg, Chrissie Iles, and Laura Roulet Published by Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. and Hatje Cantz Verlag...
    • Ana Mendieta: The Silueta Series 1973-80, Mary Jane Jacob
      Publications

      Ana Mendieta: The Silueta Series 1973-80

      Mary Jane Jacob
      Published by Galerie Lelong, New York Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 91-077297 This catalog accompanies an exhibition from December 5, 1991 - January 11, 1992
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