True Colors: how should Ana Mendieta’s story be told?
Gabrielle Schwarz, Artforum
December 2022
Here is what we know: In 1979, Ana Mendieta, a young, up-and-coming artist fresh off a solo show at the feminist co-op A.I.R. Gallery, met the older, more famous Carl Andre, a so-called founding father of Minimalism. The artists embarked on a romantic and, by several accounts, tempestuous relationship.