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Carmen Argote (Mexico, b. 1981) <\/em>La Ultima Magnolia from the series Mansion Magnolia, 2016 C- Print, 3 +2AP, 40 x 30 inches Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles. Photos courtesy of the Museum of Latin American Art.<\/em><\/p>\n An exhibition dedicated to the late conceptual artist Ana Mendieta (Cuba, 1948\u20131985) on the 70th anniversary year of her birth will open at the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) on Saturday, March 24.<\/p>\n Curated by Edward Hayes, Extracorporeal, or Beyond the Body<\/em> explores Mendieta\u2019s footprint in today\u2019s contemporary art practices through the works of Antonio Paucar (Peru, b. 1973), Carmen Argote (Mexico, b. 1981), Daniela Riojas (U.S., b. 1989), Roberto Tondop\u00f3 (Mexico, b. 1978), and Tadeo Muleiro (Argentina, b. 1983).<\/p>\n The artists present video, performance, photography and sculpture \u201cin transcendental projects that explore personal and historical trauma in profound ways,\u201d MOLAA included in today\u2019s announcement. Each artist also employs the use of their own body in their work, as did Mendieta.<\/p>\n Daniela Riojas (U.S.A., b. 1989) <\/em>Limpia 3, 2014 Digital photograph, 34 x 24 inches Courtesy of the artist.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI physically place myself in a mode of abstract worship as a way to connect to indigenous deities, totems, archetypes, and new mythic characters. I capture this process through self-portraiture, performance, installation, and video,\u201d Riojas said in a statement. \u201cThe images and performances become vehicles for remnants of a lost spiritual history.\u201d<\/p>\n Running as an undercurrent through this particular selection, the theme of transcendentalism unites these artists who have uprooted themselves to explore what is beyond their immediate position in time and space.<\/p>\n Antonio Paucar (Peru, b. 1973) <\/em>Suspendido en un Que\u00f1ua, 2014 HD Video, 6:30 min. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Barbara Thumm.<\/em><\/p>\n In Suspendido en un Que\u00f1ua \/ Suspended in a Que\u00f1ua<\/em> (2014), Paucar looks back on his childhood spent sowing and harvesting crops in the Andes, similar to Mendieta\u2019s earth body works in her Silueta<\/em> series (1973-1980), according to MOLAA.<\/p>\n Performances and interventions are documented through both still and moving images with artists using personal narratives to take viewers on a path of exploration. Ancestral roots, family histories and abstract concepts of being and belonging are topics approached in the upcoming exhibition.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Limpia3_Driojas-683x1024.jpg\")
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