Describe how Ana Mendieta’s The Tree of Life series demonstrates the characteristics of performance art

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. In The Tree of Life, Ana Mendieta used her own body as a symbol of the Earth and natural cycles.
2. Mendieta covered her body with mud and grasses and stood against ancient tree trunks to express the connections between the natural cycles of the female body and the Earth’s natural processes, such as birth and growth.