Ana Mendieta's Films on Body and Nature at Raffaella Cortese, Milan

Raffaella Cortese gallery in Milan presents three films by Ana Mendieta (Havana, 1948 – New York, 1985), exploring the intersection of body, nature, and spirituality. The works—Mirage (1974), Birth (1981), and Source (1975)—document the artist's performative engagement with the landscape, using her body as a medium to evoke cycles of life, death, and rebirth. Mirage was filmed near the University of Iowa, where Mendieta was a student; Birth was created in the same context. Source, positioned centrally, depicts a female breast as a primal image of nourishment. The films employ a rhythmic, incantatory quality, with Mendieta's body gently swaying, cradled by nature. The exhibition frames these works as a fragmented narrative of landscape and the female body, oscillating between wakefulness and awakening. The gallery is located in Milan, Italy.