Ana Mendieta
Body Tracks (Blood Sign #2) 1974, one minute, color, sound
Ana Mendieta, a politically charged Cuban-born artist, paints with blood on a gallery wall. I was initially drawn to Blood Sign # 2 because of the form that her painted figure takes. It is part funnel and part uterus- the two lines (created by her hands) come together as her body surrenders towards the ground. By using blood as her medium, she generated discussion about the women’s place in politics during the seventies. As a performance piece, Blood Sign #2 attempts to reconcile women and her body as well as women and the representations of themselves as political powers.
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