GORJON, Melina.; GALINDO, Dolores Cristina Gomes.; MILIOLI, Danielle.
Abstract:
Throughout the essay, we read the work of the Cuban artist Ana Mendieta from the contributions
of the modernity/coloniality movement and the thought of difference to propose a
transdisciplinary look at the themes of gender violence and naturalizing conceptions of
gender. The research in Psychology finds in the performances of Ana Mendieta an intercessor
for the production of knowledge about the feminist art of nonwhite, exiled, asylum
women. We discussed two performances by Ana Mendieta as resistances to the colonialities
of gender, race, and ethnicity. It is not the whole of Contemporary Art that breaks with
colonialist practices, since the daily work of creation in art is carried out in a constant deal
with captures by colonialist-capitalist practices. The art of Mendieta allows us to think of
colonialities present in Psychology. The potentialities of transdisciplinarity between Social
Psychology and Contemporary Art show a process of mutual contamination that questions
knowledge and practices.
