María Teresa Hincapié [SEP] cause of death
. The Performance Art of María Teresa Hincapié proves to what extent the work of this Colombian artist who died from breast cancer on 18 January 2008 opened an indelible path for performance in the continent: her work was to be said as a complete fusion between artwork and everyday life, transforming a small space from which she did not only built a spiritual universe for herself, but also left it open for future generations.
Artistic career.
- 1981 Historias Del Silencio ( Stories of the Silence)
- 1984 Edipo Rey
María Teresa Hincapié
María Teresa Hincapié (1956 – 18 January 2008) was a well-known Colombian performance artist who turned her life into a continual performance. Performance art is presented in front of an audience embracing different forms of expressions like dance, theater, music, film and plastic art. Hincapié was one of the best performance artists of Latin America.
She was born in 1956 in Armenia, the capital of the department of Quindio. Her initial studies were in acting and she developed her work towards the field