Artworks

Ana Mendieta Untitled: Silueta Series, 1979 / 2020
Suite of six color photographs
Each: 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Framed, each: 22 1/2 x 28 5/8 x 1 3/8 in (57 x 72.8 x 3.5 cm)
Edition of 12 with 3 AP (GP2622)

"In her ongoing explorations of the Siluetas, Mendieta discovered infinite ways to vivify the idea that nature is alive, reproductive and eternal." - from Ana Mendieta: Earth Body by Olga Viso.

This seminal series reveals Mendieta's hybrid of form and documentation and 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. Untitled: Silueta Series, 1979 / 2020, a work recently released by the Estate, uses a drawing in gunpowder to capture explosion and express transformation and fecundity.