Great video!!! My final project was written on Mendieta for my masters degree. Absolutely tragic losing Mendieta in such a violent way. Even more crushing to know that Carl Andre and his work can be seen at large institutions after being acquitted for her murder. I highly recommend reading the book ‘where is Ana Mendieta?’ It explains a lot about the art worlds reputation for dismissing female artists. Mendieta and her work are such treasures xx
New sub, so I guess that makes...three? Seriously, I thank you for this. I love learning about new artists, and I knew nothing about her work or life. ;)
thank you for this video, i was looking up ana mendieta and thought this was such a great video that was super engaging and calming! If you ever did a podcast on art history, I'd listen to it!
i love ana mendiatas work so much and has influenced my art….so happy this video came up in my recommended!! would love to see you do a video on remedios varo
Good work; the part I found most interesting is the idea Mendieta wanted to reclaim the holiness, the divinity, from the profanity of man and science. The age of science (and materialism) sexualizes the female form in a way unheard of, say, in Christian Europe, or in Islamic anywhere. Notably, some might argue that this age of materialism likewise corresponds to the "liberation" of men, women, from "nature," like with birth control, mechanization, lower infant mortality, etc., as well as modern ideas about individualism, feminism, etc. Ignoring that for a moment, it's interesting to consider how the female body was holy prior to this age of materialism, though, certainly not in the way a feminist would applaud. That said, I think Mendieta's work goes way deeper than any Christian or Islamic idea of "holy femininity"; her work reminds me of the Venus of Willendorf, which strikes me as alien to the modern world as Mendieta's landscape forms. Thank you for including pictures of the images you talked about.
Great video!!! My final project was written on Mendieta for my masters degree. Absolutely tragic losing Mendieta in such a violent way. Even more crushing to know that Carl Andre and his work can be seen at large institutions after being acquitted for her murder. I highly recommend reading the book ‘where is Ana Mendieta?’ It explains a lot about the art worlds reputation for dismissing female artists. Mendieta and her work are such treasures xx
I'm so happy i came across on your channel :-)
i’m in art school rn and you really helped me with a project !!!!!! thank you !! :)
I'm an art student and I really enjoy watching your videos! :)
me too
New sub, so I guess that makes...three?
Seriously, I thank you for this. I love learning about new artists, and I knew nothing about her work or life.
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i needed this thank u shannon
thank you for this video, i was looking up ana mendieta and thought this was such a great video that was super engaging and calming! If you ever did a podcast on art history, I'd listen to it!
Hi ! I wanted to say that I really love your videos, thank you so much for sharing :))
I enjoyed this a lot!
The was so refreshing thank You! And same her I can't spend a Lot of time watching movies
i love ana mendiatas work so much and has influenced my art….so happy this video came up in my recommended!! would love to see you do a video on remedios varo
love it!!!!
im so excited for all your future videos, i just came from watching your video about louise bourgois :)
i'm in love with ur channel omg, i love how passionate you are about everything you talk about
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Thank you for this video!!
Good work; the part I found most interesting is the idea Mendieta wanted to reclaim the holiness, the divinity, from the profanity of man and science. The age of science (and materialism) sexualizes the female form in a way unheard of, say, in Christian Europe, or in Islamic anywhere. Notably, some might argue that this age of materialism likewise corresponds to the "liberation" of men, women, from "nature," like with birth control, mechanization, lower infant mortality, etc., as well as modern ideas about individualism, feminism, etc. Ignoring that for a moment, it's interesting to consider how the female body was holy prior to this age of materialism, though, certainly not in the way a feminist would applaud. That said, I think Mendieta's work goes way deeper than any Christian or Islamic idea of "holy femininity"; her work reminds me of the Venus of Willendorf, which strikes me as alien to the modern world as Mendieta's landscape forms. Thank you for including pictures of the images you talked about.
This was so great to watch - I'm working on coursework for art and this has really helped :))))
You just got a new sub