Ana Mendieta.
Rupestrian Sculptures / Esculturas Rupestres.
A.I.R. Gallery, 1981.
Unbound, Two-fold six panel sheet.
6 pages.
Very good.
1/4" tears at top and bottom of first fold. Light corner wear.
Rare exhibition pamphlet published to accompany Ana Mendieta's 7th solo exhibition, her second in New York City, at the A.I.R. Gallery, which was on view from November 10th-28th, 1981. Featuring an essay in English and Spanish by Gerardo Mosquera, a black & white photographic illustration of one of her sculptures and a brief biography.
Exhibition documentation of Mendieta's career produced during her lifetime is quite rare.
Ana Mendieta was an interdisciplinary artist, referring to herself as a sculptor. She is best known for her earth/body works, most specifically her now iconic Silueta Series, in which she used her body, and later the absence of the body, in the landscape as a way of connecting with nature and the universe. Spanning a period of 15 years, Mendieta created groundbreaking work in sculpture, photography, film, drawing and site-specific installations using organic materials such as earth, water and fire. Her pioneering works are in more than 120 public institutions and museums worldwide and continues to be influential today.
Ana Mendieta’s innovative work has been the subject of over 55 solo museum exhibitions. There have been 15 monographs published to date.
Ana Mendieta was born in Havana, Cuba in 1948 and died in New York City in 1985.
