Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta's Imagen de Yagul (1973) depicts the artist lying at the bottom of an open Zapotec tomb. She is naked, yet her body is covered in white flowers concentrated around her face and torso, fully concealing them. Mendieta's refusal of the viewer's gaze most closely parallels which other artwork?

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Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta's Imagen de Yagul (1973) depicts the artist lying at the bottom of an open Zapotec tomb. She is naked, yet her body is covered in white flowers concentrated around her face and torso, fully concealing them. Mendieta's refusal of the viewer's gaze most closely parallels which other artwork?

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Catherine Opie's Self-Portrait/Cutting similarly challenges the viewer's gaze by depicting the artist with a carved word spelling "pervert" on her chest. Both artworks use the artist's own body to subvert traditional expectations of how the female body should be displayed and viewed.

Cuban-American Artist Ana Mendieta's Imagen De Yagul (1973) Depicts the Artist