Ana Mendieta: Sweating Blood 1973. There is an emotional stillness in this photograph, yet i wonder of the power, blood seeping from her forehead, is there a rage beyond the surface? / by Mark Edwards

“I have been carrying out a dialogue between the landscape and the female body. Having been torn from my homeland (Cuba) during my adolescence, I am overwhelmed by the feeling of having been cast from the womb (Nature). My art is the way I reestablish the bonds that unite me to the Universe. It is a return to the maternal source.” Ana Mendieta. Ana’s narrative her emotional and sensual material content and her solitude of expression are traits my work is investigating and endeavouring to experience.