In 1976 the feminist artist Ana Mendieta formed a silueta on the beach at La Ventosa, Mexico, Untitled (Silueta Series, Mexico), filling it with red tempera that was ultimately washed away by the ocean waves. Explain what does the absence of the woman’s body mean?

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In 1976 the feminist artist Ana Mendieta formed a silueta on the beach at La Ventosa, Mexico, Untitled (Silueta Series, Mexico), filling it with red tempera that was ultimately washed away by the ocean waves. The artist documented the obliteration of the figure by the tide in a sequence of 35 mm slides. In a 500 word essay discuss how this work deals with images of the female body and how it is constructed by the media. What does the absence of the woman’s body mean? Is the color red significant and if so, how exactly? Please use MLA format or Chicago Style and cite at least 2 sources in your bibliography


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