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Ana Mendieta: A Book of Works

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Obviously the other reviewer did not know what they were purchasing when they acquired the book and had therefore mistaken expectations... Beautifully edited small book, containing extensive information about Mendieta's "Rupestrian Sculptures" works executed in Cuba in 1981. The first time the artist's notes, sketches and sources of information on a project were published, intimate and comprehensive.

I love this artist's work very much indeed,and purchased it as a source of learning about Ana's approach,and her take on temporal art making.
the book is interesting,but Mendieta is much more than very interesting....
the volume is very sparse, in all contexts.Tiny black and white photos, blurry and hard to define easilly.
On the upside,it has interesting diary notes from Ana!
On the whole,I would not not have bought it had I seen it in a library.Its way, way too "thin" in info,and in scope. Not a good buy, not if you want more info and samples of her work.I was dissapointed.I found I could acess the same info in on the internet.At least, the pics on the internet were clearer.
It should be sold for about 9.95,not the 50.00 plus I paid in Canadian dollars.

The book has printing problems. There are pictures printed on top of each other and there is text printed on top of the pictures, which make it impossible to be read. There are also a couple of blank pages. That was very frustrating...