Cuban-born artist Ana Mendieta’s work was instrumental in forming both Land- and Feminist-art movements. Her work in film, mixed media and video spotlight her distinctly unique artistic sensibility; one where she inserts her own body into the landscape, only to be transformed by fire, water and other natural elements.

Thanks to the Toronto International Film Festival’s Wavelengths program and the CONTACT Gallery, you can view her “Siluetas” first-hand; this exhibition includes six landmark films (five from the “Silueta” series) and two related photographic series (“Volcán,” shot in Iowa, and “Untitled: Silueta Series,” shot in Salina Cruz, Mexico) that tackle themes of the female body, violence, primal energy, and displacement. There will also be a showing of Raquel Cecilia Mendieta’s documentary, Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside, featuring archival images, film excerpts and Ana Mendieta’s own commentary.

The exhibit runs from September 8 to October 29th at CONTACT Gallery (80 Spadina #205).