Toward the end of her short life, Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta imported sand and soil from locations important to her (Cuba, the Nile, etc.), to make sculpture that evokes organic materials, the female body and far-away locations. (At Chelsea’s Galerie Lelong through June 22nd).
Ana Mendieta, installation view of ‘Ana Mendieta: Late Works 1981-85,’ at Galerie Lelong, May 2013.
