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Contributions to Feminist Art
All Modiano's works show great appreciation and representation of introspection and spirituality within herself leaving the viewer to think inward and reflect on their being. Beginning in the 90s, Sara Modiano's style of work demonstrates a shift from installations, paintings, and sculpture to performance art and photography. This shift in style was pivotal in accentuating the new messages and interpretations Modiano was demonstrating. While continuing to express the theme of introspection, she began to place more focus on her sexuality, individuality, life, and ecstatic moments. Through this, Modiano shines a light on the female body and femininity through sexuality by making the audience question how they perceive the introspective, subliminal side of all women.

Inside Out from her Fragmented series shows a fragmented photograph zoomed into her face capturing the móment she reaches orgasm. Modiano used this moment of sexual arousal to represent the start of new life as well as a similarity all humans experience with one another: sexual pleasure. Similar to this piece is Conexión Interior, a photograph of Modiano with a focus on her torso and chest while her face is turned away. This feeling and illusion of fragmentation was a common technique Modiano used in many more of her photographic pieces. She integrated geometrical shapes, such as cubes/squares, to the photographs of herself to further solidify pinnacle moments, such as orgasms, as ethereal and intangible.

One of her last works was in 2007 titled Reflect. This photographic self-portrait series is slightly different from Inside Out and Conexión Interior because Modiano demonstrates herself in a new elevated way without the geometric illusion. Her body is fully painted to make herself look metallic as she is in front of a plain blue background. The self-portraits come from still of Modiano in motion as she expressed four heightened emotions: agony, pain, love, and ecstasy. Modiano shows her emotional, raw self yet again while calling to question our ideas and notions on how we identify ourselves. She portrayed herself as almost an extraterrestrial being with the contrast of colors while making the viewer reflect on how all humans have felt the emotions of pain, love, agony, and ecstasy before. Modiano described how this series made her feel about herself: "a woman with a big ego".

"About Myself" At La Presencia Latin American Art in the United States at the MoIMA
During the performance piece, Modiano used her body in a public space in efforts to change the perspective of people in the area. She was draped in a dress of wired cylinders as she wandered about the crowd using movements with her arms and hands to interact with the people surrounding her. Modiano's purpose for this piece was to physically demonstrate the intangible connection between art, view, and space by fueling herself with the reactions of the audience.

Legacy
Sara Modiano had a professional art career of forty years where she made clear demonstration of advanced conceptual and introspective ideas on humanity, emotions, and sexuality. A few years before she passed, her work was recognized and praised by the director of the "IKF (International Kids Fund) Latin American Art Auction" by having her work chosen for the event on many different occasions. She will always be recognized as an important and active artist who was part of the Branquilla movement from the 1980s as well as a staple of Colombian art heritage. It has been over 10 years since she has passed and her work continues to be displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá (MoMAB).

The Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts: Sara Modiano Grant
Sara Modianos life is recognized and honored every year, since 2013, through the Sara Modiao Grant granted by The Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts to young Latin American artists in Colombia. Through the course of Modiano's career, she believed in making art an accessibility for everyone and anyone, and through this foundation created by her children, her staple in the art world will be passed down for generations.