Ana Mendieta was a Cuban refuge that fled to America when she was a child. Her early art career she experimented with social taboos, and the subject of sacrifice and crime of and on women. Mendieta's later works were her series of 'Silueta' (silhouette) works. These are images of her silhouette imprinted into nature landscapes. Mendieta stated once that" I wanted my images to have power, to be magic." Her work not only shows her personal feelings and spiritual side but since she uses herself in her art that makes it all the more intimate. I have included several sites that will take you to some of Mendieta's works.
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/visit/in_depth.asp?key=33&subkey=57
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-701-2&va=ana+mendieta+works
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