‘The Films of Ana Mendieta’ Screening & Talk
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
27 March 2025
Ana Mendieta, Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), 1976 © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Organised by curator Jay Ezra Nayssan of Del Vaz Projects in collaboration with the Estate of Ana Mendieta, the museum programmes presents a diverse selection of ten films created by the artists 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.