Ana Mendieta - Search for Origin (ES/EN edition)

A groundbreaking tribute to one of the most powerful voices in contemporary art. Step into the world of Ana Mendieta—a Cuban-born, American artist who reshaped the possibilities of sculpture, performance, and the body in art.
This stunning bilingual monograph (Spanish/English) accompanies the highly anticipated 2024 exhibition at MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, and features nearly 100 mesmerizing works spanning fifteen transformative years of her career (1968–1985).

Mendieta's art is visceral, political, and deeply spiritual. From blood and fire to earth and shadow, she used her own body as a conduit between myth, memory, and nature. Through ephemeral sculptural acts and performance-based work, Mendieta explored the invisible forces that shape identity, belonging, and the human connection to land. This book is not just a retrospective—it’s a celebration of Mendieta’s radical reinvention. It explores how her work was informed by ancient rock art, primitive myth, and a constant push to make the unspeakable visible. Whether through silhouettes in the earth, traces of ash, or haunting photographs of ritualistic interventions, Mendieta’s work speaks to the power of art as transformation and truth.

Designed as both a scholarly reference and a visual experience, this volume includes 216 pages of rich content, with full-color and black & white imagery that captures Mendieta’s ephemeral legacy. It is presented in a beautifully printed, softcover format (22 × 28 cm) with texts in both Spanish and English by leading voices G. Gourbe, C. Guardiola Bravo, and R. Boutayeb.

For lovers of feminist art, performance, identity politics, or anyone who believes in the raw power of the body as art—this book is essential.
The body. The land. The ritual. The revolution.

Details

• Softcover
• 216 Pages with Illustrations in colour & b/w, 
• Dimension: 11" x 8.5"
• Text: Spanish/English