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Andy Goldsworthy makes mostly earth works. Many of his works have been documented with photos or drawings. He creates indoor installations for galleries. He made a Mud Wall for the Museum of Scotland. When he installed the wall the mud was wet. When the mud dried it cracked and left a pattern revealing what was originally beneath. Mendieta made relief sculptures out of mud using practically the same process.
Mendieta's wall relief sculptures are representations of her own body. Goldsworthy's work talks specifically about the material and how the material decays over time. Mendieta's work deals with political issues as well as gender and identity. Mendieta uses the body which instantly brings life to an image. Beauty is something that should never be overlooked. Each of Mendieta's images have a beautiful quality to them, even if the subject matter is somewhat disturbing. Beauty in Mendietas images usually has an underlying political agenda.
Both Goldsworthy's Mud Wall and Mendietas wall relief have an aesthetically beautiful quality to them. Goldsworthy speaks specifically about experiencing the material,"The process of watching something being born and grow has a tired, tense, slow excitement driven more by fear of what may happen, (143 Abrams)." Mendieta's wall relief pushes the viewer to think beyond use of material. Where as Goldsworthy focuses specifically on material.
She created sculptures out of logs and drawings on leaves. These served as less controversial they were supposedly more suitable for a gallery. Her earlier works were more stimulating and aggressive often having disturbing undertones of rape and death. If she were alive today she would probably be making contemporary art, that would still push boundaries.
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