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From the 8th of September to the 24th of November, Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana presented a comprehensive programme featuring installations, archives and performances by the participants of the edition.
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Untitled
- TypeInstallation
- ParticipantAna Mendieta
- VenueThe See of Ègara
Untitled, 1981 © Ana Mendieta, Vegap, Barcelona 2024. Photo © Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana / Cecília Coca
When she was twelve, Ana Mendieta was one of 14,000 unaccompanied minors who were exiled from Cuba to the United States as part of Operation Peter Pan. The body of work that she subsequently created is marked by her desire to re-connect with her roots on her own terms, situating herself in a lineage. In 1980, under exceptional circumstances, Mendieta returned to Cuba for the first time. While there, she visited the caves of Jaruco State Park, into whose walls she carved a series of figures she later titled after female characters from Cuban myths or Taíno spirits. In conceiving the forms of these figures, the artist drew on her knowledge of indigenous Cuban and pre-Columbian myths. For Mendieta, carving them at a site that she interpreted as sacred was a way of honouring both the land and her predecessors while also inscribing her own presence. Presented in the Seu d’Ègara’s archaeological museum, Mendieta’s film, which documents her artistic intervention, shows a highly personal approach of attempting to come to terms with a terrific past.
1981
Super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, black and white, silent, 3’13’’
Courtesy of The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
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