Ana Mendieta (Tate Modern)
Michael Wellen, Valentine Umansky (Eds)
Tate Publishing, 2026
€56,00
Published to accompany the first major exhibition of Mendieta’s work in the UK in over a decade, the book showcases over 200 expertly reproduced images of her work, including her widely celebrated Silueta Series, exploring the presence and absence of the human body, using a number of natural materials including fire, water and flowers. These ephemeral works were recorded as photographs and films.
Active in the 1970s and early 80s, the Cuban-born American artist posed profound questions throughout her work around displacement and identity, which remain highly relevant today.
Essays by contributors such as Chuz Martinez, Ida Panicelli and Maria Elena Ortiz delve deeper into individual artworks, including rare paintings from the beginning of Mendieta’s career (De Pelicula, 1969), ephemeral sculptures (Sandwoman series), and the seminal Atabey (Mother of the Waters) made in the early 1980s, which saw the artist working alongside the soft limestone walls of caves outside Havana.
ISBN: 9781917055376
