performance art – Page 27 – Little Bristling Soul

Ana Mendieta, Blood and Feathers

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Primary Time, 1974 by Bas Jan Ader

Stelarc: Event for Lateral Suspension, 1978

Musafa: Dances Sacred and Profane, 1982

Hermann Nitsch: Aktion I, 1962

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The No Wave Performance Task Force left blood and guts in front of the Dia Art Foundation in honor of the late Ana Mendieta. (photo via Jillian Steinhauer for Hyperallergic)

Stills from Ana Mendieta, Silueta Sangrienta, 1975. Super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent, 1:51 minutes. Museum purchase by the Jere Abbott Acquisitions Fund in partnership with the New Media Arts Consortium, a collaboration of the art museums at Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Colby College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, and Skidmore College, 2017.387. © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Courtesy Galerie Lelong.