feathers – Page 2 – Little Bristling Soul

Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Ocean Bird Washup) , 1974, © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection

Rebecca Horn, Peacock Machine, Kassel, 1982

Rebecca Horn, Cockfeather Mask, 1973

Rebecca Horn. El Rio de la Luna

Birgit Jurgenssen

Untitled (The Hour of The Feather), 1976, Pencil, coloured pencil on handmade paper44 x 55.5 cm, 17 3/8 x 21 7/8 ins
61.5 x 81 cm, 24 ¼ x 31 7/8 ins

Source: alisonjacquesgallery.com

Rebecca Horn – Still from Performances I 1972, featuring Feather Instrument

Source: tate.org.uk

Ana Mendieta, Blood and Feathers

All Ana Mendieta

1) Silueta de Cenizas: Silueta Series, November 1975 ,Chromogenic Print 6 5/8 X 9 5/8 In. Collection Of The New Mexico Museum Of Art. Museum Purchase, 1998 (1998.33.1d)

2) Untitled: Silueta Series, 1977, Alison Jacques Gallery

3) Untitled (Silueta Series) (1979)

4) Untitled, 1984

5-7) Bodily traces, leaf drawings on clusia rosea, the copey tree; Drawings on amate bark paper made by the Otomi people of Mexico originally made for ritual; Goddess sculptures made out of mud, associated with Cuba’s indigenous Taino culture; A M, 1980-85.

8) Ana Mendieta, Creek, 1974, super 8 film

9) Untitled (Blood and Feathers #2)1974, super 8 film

The text is a poem from Karen Volkman’s collection Spar