The Films of Ana Mendieta
Thu 1/23/2025 • 7:30PM PST
hammer museum
Organized by curator Jay Ezra Nayssan of Del Vaz Projects in collaboration with the Estate of Ana Mendieta, this program presents a diverse selection of ten films created by the multidisciplinary artist between 1971 and 1981. Recording her performative actions, Silueta Series, and sculptures in the earth, these moving-image works explore landscapes across Iowa, Oaxaca, and Cuba, where Mendieta engages primordial nature in a dialogue with the human body. The screening will be followed by a talk with Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Director of the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, and Jay Ezra Nayssan.