Artist field note

Ana Mendieta

The body leaves a trace.

Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants) by Ana Mendieta — Example from the series
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Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants)

1972

Mendieta transfers a man's beard hair onto her own face. Gender is treated as material and performance.

The five in one idea

Mendieta made belonging physical: body, earth, exile and ritual occupy the same gesture.