Cecilia Vicuña Art
Chilean, b. 1947
Cecilia Vicuña is a Chilean artist, poet, filmmaker and activist. Her work addresses pressing concerns of the modern world, including ecological destruction, human rights and cultural homogenization. Born and raised in Santiago de Chile, she has been in exile since the early 1970s, after the military coup against elected president Salvador Allende. Her commitment to feminist forms and methodologies is considered to be a unifying theme across her diverse body of work.
(Biography provided by Lehmann Maupin)
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Artist: Cecilia Vicuña
Eman si pasión [Emancipation / Participation]
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
Visual poems, the works in Vicuña’s PALABRARmas series are carefully attuned to the power of language. Many of these works incorporate wordplay, and throughout her practice, Vicuña t...
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2010s Contemporary Cecilia Vicuña Art
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Screen
Poeta y Leopardo de Nieve
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
In this work, Vicuña depicts her boyfriend at the time, Chilean artist and writer, Claudio Bertoni, holding an open book of poetry in his left hand, while placing his hand over his h...
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2010s Contemporary Cecilia Vicuña Art
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Screen
Leoparda de Ojitos
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
The title of the original painting, 'Leoparda de Ojitos,' translated as “leopardess of little eyes”, refers to the eyes that cover the animal’s body like the pores of her skin. Vicun...
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2010s Contemporary Cecilia Vicuña Art
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Screen
Unir a todo el pueblo contra la dictadura (Unite All the People...
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
Full title: 'Unir a todo el pueblo contra la dictadura (Unite All the People against the Dictatorship)'
Edition of 25.
Work is sold unframed.
Another edition of this work was exhi...
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2010s Contemporary Cecilia Vicuña Art
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Screen
Sol y dar y dad
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
Visual poems, the works in Vicuña’s 'PALABRARmas' series are carefully attuned to the power of language. Many of these works incorporate wordplay, and throughout her practice, Vicuña treats words as embodied entities whose forms can be parsed to reveal subliminal meanings across a variety of languages.
For the series title, Vicuña has invented the word “palabrarmas,” a fusion of “palabra” (Spanish for “word”) and “armas” (“weapon”). At the same time, “palabrarmas” also suggests an even wider range of meanings, bearing similarities, for instance, to a portmanteau of the the verb “apalabrar” (“to agree on”), and the word “más” (more). Just as Vicuña emphasizes the capacity of words to cause violence and destruction, so she also suggests that they can be potent tools of reconciliation and understanding.
In 'Sol y dar y dad' (1974/2016), Vicuña again looks to language as she considers notions of truth and community, and she extracts from “solidaridad” (Spanish for “solidarity”) the word “sol” (“sun”) and the Spanish verb “dar” (“to give”).
Another edition of this work was exhibited as part of 'Cecilia Vicuña...
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2010s Contemporary Cecilia Vicuña Art
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Screen
Dar Ver (Anteojos para ver la verdad / To give sight, glasses to see truth)
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
Visual poems, the works in Vicuña’s 'PALABRARmas' series are carefully attuned to the power of language. Many of these works incorporate wordplay, and throughout her practice, Vicuña...
Category
2010s Cecilia Vicuña Art
Materials
Screen
Pa la brarma / Palabrarma
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
Visual poems, the works in Vicuña’s 'PALABRARmas' series are carefully attuned to the power of language. Many of these works incorporate wordplay, and throughout her practice, Vicuña treats words as embodied entities whose forms can be parsed to reveal subliminal meanings across a variety of languages.
For the series title, Vicuña has invented the word “palabrarmas,” a fusion of “palabra” (Spanish for “word”) and “armas” (“weapon”). At the same time, “palabrarmas” also suggests an even wider range of meanings, bearing similarities, for instance, to a portmanteau of the the verb “apalabrar” (“to agree on”), and the word “más” (more). Just as Vicuña emphasizes the capacity of words to cause violence and destruction, so she also suggests that they can be potent tools of reconciliation and understanding.
Another edition of this work was exhibited as part of 'Cecilia Vicuña...
Category
2010s Contemporary Cecilia Vicuña Art
Materials
Screen
Let The Truth Awake
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
Cecilia Vicuña (b. 1948 in Santiago, Chile; lives and works in New York and Santiago) integrates practices of poetry, performance, Conceptualism, and te...
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2010s Contemporary Cecilia Vicuña Art
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Linen, Oil Pastel
Niña Palmera (Palm tree girl)
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
Cecilia Vicuña (b. 1948 in Santiago, Chile; lives and works in New York and Santiago) integrates practices of poetry, performance, Conceptualism, and te...
Category
2010s Contemporary Cecilia Vicuña Art
Materials
Inkjet, Linen
Niña Mapuche
By Cecilia Vicuña
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 10
Cecilia Vicuña (b. 1948 in Santiago, Chile; lives and works in New York and Santiago) integrates practices of poetry, performance, Concept...
Category
2010s Cecilia Vicuña Art
Materials
Thread, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Lithograph
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