Ana Mendieta, Silueta Works in Mexico

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Born on November 8 1948 in Cuba 's Havana , Ana Mendieta , an American of Cuban origin is renowned for her earth-body photographic , video , and sculptural work as well as her performance artworks . After being exiled to America due to her father 's antagonism against Castro 's regime in 1961 , Mendieta did a Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa University in 1969 . Moreover , she later did a Master of Arts painting degree as well

as an intermedia MFA . Mendieta then created works in Mexico , Italy America , and Italy , and Cuba (Ruiz and Korrol 237

Majority of her works concentrate on feminine themes and are essentially autobiographical . Initially , she concentrated on aggression against women 's bodies . Afterwards , she highlighted the physical and spiritual relationship of women 's bodies with nature . This later theme is aptly portrayed through Mendieta 's Silueta artworks which saw the artist carve her impression into mud or sand . Moreover , she made paintings or body prints within her outline onto walls . Mendieta died on September 8 1985 after falling from her 34th floor Greenwich Village apartment residence (Ruiz and Korrol 237

p Through her Silueta sculptural Works , Mendieta uses varied materials like flowers , earth , fire , leaves , or blood to develop transitory performance and environmental art . In addition , Mendieta photographs the forms she creates to produce 2-dimensional photo images . The Silueta series thus consists of images of Mendieta 's body , normally connected to Santeria , the artist...