{"id":2044709,"date":"2026-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2044709"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:00:00","slug":"experience-ana-mendietas-visceral-neolithic-work-in-a-major-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2044709","title":{"rendered":"Experience Ana Mendieta\u2019s Visceral, \u2018Neolithic\u2019 Work in a Major Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a photographic artwork by Ana Mendieta documenting an outline of gunpowder on a dead log, half ignited\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled: Silueta Series\u201d (1977). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS),<br \/>\nNew York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and<br \/>\nAlison Jacques, London. All images courtesy of Tate, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Experience Ana Mendieta\u2019s Visceral, \u2018Neolithic\u2019 Work in a Major Survey<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-15T09:12:43-05:00\">July 15, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-nature\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/nature\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nature<\/a><a class=\"category-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/photography\/\" rel=\"tag\">Photography<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F07%2Fana-mendieta-exhibition-photography-sculpture-art-history%2F&amp;title=Experience%20Ana%20Mendieta%27s%20Visceral%2C%20%26%238216%3BNeolithic%27%20Work%20in%20a%20Major%20Survey\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#dbe4a8aeb9b1beb8afe69ea3abbea9b2beb5b8befee9eb9ab5bafee9eb96beb5bfb2beafbafee9eca8fee9eb8db2a8b8bea9bab7fee998fee9ebfee9edfee9e8e3e9eaedfee89995beb4b7b2afb3b2b8fee9ecfee9eb8cb4a9b0fee9ebb2b5fee9ebbafee9eb96bab1b4a9fee9eb88aea9adbea2fdbab6abe0b9b4bfa2e69ea3abbea9b2beb5b8befee9eb9ab5bafee9eb96beb5bfb2beafbafee9eca8fee9eb8db2a8b8bea9bab7fee998fee9ebfee9edfee9e8e3e9eaedfee89995beb4b7b2afb3b2b8fee9ecfee9eb8cb4a9b0fee9ebb2b5fee9ebbafee9eb96bab1b4a9fee9eb88aea9adbea2fee9ebfe9ee9fee3ebfee2effee9ebb3afafaba8fee89afee99dfee99dacacacf5afb3b2a8b2a8b8b4b7b4a8a8bab7f5b8b4b6fee99de9ebe9edfee99debecfee99dbab5baf6b6beb5bfb2beafbaf6bea3b3b2b9b2afb2b4b5f6abb3b4afb4bca9baabb3a2f6a8b8aeb7abafaea9bef6baa9aff6b3b2a8afb4a9a2fee99d\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"475866\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rarely do artists conceive of work that is prescient and, decades on, more urgent than when it was created. One who has accomplished this is certainly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anamendietaartist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ana Mendieta<\/a> (1948-1985), whose interdisciplinary practice merged photography, land art, sculpture, film, and more. And in a large-scale, immersive survey of her work that opens today at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tate Modern<\/a>, more than 120 pieces revisit the groundbreaking artist\u2019s key series and empathetic exchange with land and nature.<\/p>\n<p>Mendieta is best known for her <em>Silueta Series<\/em>, in which she impressed the shape of the human body in water, mud, rock, and forests. These sometimes consisted of outlines \u201cdrawn\u201d onto surfaces, such as a gunpowder tribute on a fallen tree, which exists eternally half-ablaze in a photograph. Others are impressed directly into the earth, as if a person had been lying there for millennia as the desert or stone formed around her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-2-960x1444.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u201cIm\u00e1gen de Y\u00e1gul\u201d (1973). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cIm\u00e1gen de Y\u00e1gul\u201d (1973). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cIm\u00e1gen de Y\u00e1gul\u201d (1973). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-2-960x1444.jpg\" alt=\"a photographic artwork by Ana Mendieta documenting herself in the nude, laying in a rocky niche covered in flowering grasses\" class=\"wp-image-475873\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cIm\u00e1gen de Y\u00e1gul\u201d (1973). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In what she described as \u201cearth-body\u201d works, Mendieta explored vital relationships between humans and nature, absence and presence, experience and temporality, and place and identity. She often turned the lens on herself, building compositions that plumb the tensions between beauty, ruggedness, vulnerability, and strength. Her practice can easily be viewed through the lens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/ecofeminism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ecofeminism<\/a>, a movement that emerged around the same time Mendieta was working, but it is also profoundly personal.<\/p>\n<p>At 12 years old, Mendieta was separated from her parents and brother, who remained in her home country of Cuba, when she and her sister were exiled to the U.S. following the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Throughout her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2013\/sep\/22\/ana-mendieta-artist-work-foretold-death\">life and brief career<\/a>, she grappled with themes of displacement and disconnection. \u201cMy art is the way I reestablish the bonds that unite me to the Universe,\u201d Mendieta said. \u201cIt is a return to the maternal source.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is also humor in her approach to self-representation, such as her early series of self-portraits in which she documented her wet hair in wild, sculptural forms or produced a sequential series of images in which an arrangement of flowers gradually conceals her face. Within a few years, the work adopted a more solemn, enigmatic tone, characterized by voids, organic forms, gesture, and ephemerality.<\/p>\n<p>Mendieta also drew on her fascination with archaeology to create multimedia works that delved into the relationship between humans and the land. \u201cMy work is basically in the tradition of a Neolithic art,\u201d she said in 1984. \u201cI\u2019m not interested in the formal qualities of my materials, but their emotional and sensual ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-11.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u201cLa Vivificaci\u00f3n de la Carne: El Laberinto de Venus Series (The Vivification of the Flesh: Labyrinth of Venus Series)\u201d (1982), installation view at Tate Modern, 2026. Artwork \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS 2026. Photo \u00a9 Tate (Yilli Liu)\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cLa Vivificaci\u00f3n de la Carne: El Laberinto de Venus Series (The Vivification of the Flesh: Labyrinth of Venus Series)\u201d (1982), installation view at Tate Modern, 2026. Artwork \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS 2026. Photo \u00a9 Tate (Yilli Liu)\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cLa Vivificaci\u00f3n de la Carne: El Laberinto de Venus Series (The Vivification of the Flesh: Labyrinth of Venus Series)\u201d (1982), installation view at Tate Modern, 2026. Artwork \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS 2026. Photo \u00a9 Tate (Yilli Liu)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-11.jpeg\" alt=\"a woman stands in front of a black-and-white photographic artwork of carved earth with an abstract human form\" class=\"wp-image-475877\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cLa Vivificaci\u00f3n de la Carne: El Laberinto de Venus Series (The Vivification of the Flesh: Labyrinth of Venus Series)\u201d (1982), installation view at Tate Modern, 2026. Artwork \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS 2026. Photo \u00a9 Tate (Yilli Liu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The artist\u2019s interest in the ancient past ultimately lends a timelessness to themes that resonate through her personal narrative but also, incidentally, the ills of the present. One might think of our screen-fueled social discord and the accelerating climate crisis, both also defined by a sense of alienation and disjointedness. Though Mendieta couldn\u2019t have conceived of these things as we experience them today, she nevertheless tapped into a kind of visceral biophilia that\u2019s more critical than ever. The exhibition at Tate highlights not only the artist\u2019s the desire to connect with nature but also casts a light on how far removed from it most of us have become.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ana Mendieta <\/em>continues through January 17, 2027, in London. Plan your visit on Tate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-9.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u201cUntitled: Silueta Series\u201d (1976). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled: Silueta Series\u201d (1976). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled: Silueta Series\u201d (1976). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-9.jpg\" alt=\"a photographic artwork by Ana Mendieta documenting an area of earth that has been carved into the form of a figure with arms outstretched, filled with bright red powder\" class=\"wp-image-475871\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled: Silueta Series\u201d (1976). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-8.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (c.1984). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (c.1984). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (c.1984). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1890\" height=\"2770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-8.jpg\" alt=\"a small artwork by Ana Mendieta of a simplified figure incised into a dried leaf\" class=\"wp-image-475870\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled\u201d (c.1984). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (1973). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (1973). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (1973). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-6.jpg\" alt=\"a series of six black-and-white photographs of Ana Mendieta arranging flowers around her face\" class=\"wp-image-475868\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled\u201d (1973). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-10.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u2018Ana Mendieta\u2019 installation view at Tate Modern, 2026. Artworks \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS 2026. Photo \u00a9 Tate (Yili Liu)\" data-rl_title=\"\u2018Ana Mendieta\u2019 installation view at Tate Modern, 2026. Artworks \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS 2026. Photo \u00a9 Tate (Yili Liu)\" data-rl_caption=\"\u2018Ana Mendieta\u2019 installation view at Tate Modern, 2026. Artworks \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS 2026. Photo \u00a9 Tate (Yili Liu)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-10.jpeg\" alt=\"a figure stands in a darkened exhibition space with four projection screens showing images from film artworks by Ana Mendieta\" class=\"wp-image-475876\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u2018Ana Mendieta\u2019 installation view at Tate Modern, 2026. Artworks \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS 2026. Photo \u00a9 Tate (Yili Liu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (1972). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (1972). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (1972). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-5.jpg\" alt=\"a series of four self-portrait photographs of Ana Mendieta with wet hair that she has formed into sculptural shapes around her face\" class=\"wp-image-475867\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled\u201d (1972). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u201cUntitled (Guanaroca [First Woman])\u201d (1981). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026 \/ Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled (Guanaroca [First Woman])\u201d (1981). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026 \/ Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled (Guanaroca [First Woman])\u201d (1981). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026 \/ Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-4.jpg\" alt=\"a black-and-white photograph of a carved earth artwork by Ana Mendieta resembling a figure\" class=\"wp-image-475875\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled (Guanaroca [First Woman])\u201d (1981). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026 \/ Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475866\" title=\"\u201c\u00d1a\u00f1igo Burial\u201d (1976). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London. Photo Alex Yudzon\" data-rl_title=\"\u201c\u00d1a\u00f1igo Burial\u201d (1976). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London. Photo Alex Yudzon\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201c\u00d1a\u00f1igo Burial\u201d (1976). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London. Photo Alex Yudzon\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mendieta-3.jpg\" alt=\"an artwork by Ana Mendieta comprising black soot or earth on the ground in the shape of a figuring lying down with arms out around their head, lined with black, burning candles\" class=\"wp-image-475874\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201c\u00d1a\u00f1igo Burial\u201d (1976). \u00a9 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ DACS, 2026. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London. 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