Cecilia Vicuña

Poeta y Leopardo de Nieve

1969 (printed 2022)

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...

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...

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...

Edition of 100. 'Untitled (dollar bill back)' is an edition print. In this work, artist Tom Friedman replicates the reverse of a United States one-dollar bill, transforming its tra...

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...

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...

The Sorrel is an original print realized by the Italian artist Gianni Testa in 1986. Original mixed colored screen print. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left. Numbered on...

Recall is a print realized by the Italian artist Gianni Testa in the 20th century. Mixed colored screen print. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left. Numbered on the lower ...

Horse Carousel is an original print realized by the Italian artist Gianni Testa (1936) in 1986. Mixed colored serigraph. Hand-signed by the artist on lower right. Numbered on lowe...

Abstract Composition is an original black and white serigraph realized by Sante Monachesi during the XX century. Hand-signed in pencil by the...

Man And Dog is an original black and white serigraph realized by Sante Monachesi. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right. Art...

18 colour screenprint with a two varnish overlay. Printed on Somerset Satin Tub sized 410 gsm 75 x 56 cm Edition of 125 hand-signed and numbered by the artist