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Cecilia Vicuña

Artist

WA-00003614

Contemporary

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None documented

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WikidataQ16117062

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Lehmann-Maupinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/cecilia-vicuna
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Xavier-Hufkenshttps://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists
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Movement

Contemporary

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Institutional

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (32)

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Pueblo de altares

1990 · Sand, wood, thread, strings, wire, twigs, metal, stone, glass, plastic, grasses, bones, lava, porcelain, plaster, clay, feathers, seashells, wool, porcupine quills, tree bark, rope, wool, pastel crayon, and paint

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Whitney Museum of American Art

What is Poetry to You?

1980 · 16mm film transferred to high-definition video (color, sound)

23:20 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Eman sí pasión / parti sí pasión (Emancipation participates: Say Yes to Passion) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trabajo: trabar desde abajo (Work Joins from Below) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Estudia: es tu día ( Study: It Is Your Day ) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Organizar: orgánica mente izar (Organize: To Give Rise Together) from the series AMAzone Palabrarma

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Comunicación: común única acción (Communication: Common Action) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Imagen: imán del gen (Image: Magnet of Genes) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Palabrarma: armada por todos (Wordweapon: Armed by All ) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Palabrarma: la palabra es el arma (Wordweapon: The Word Is the Weapon) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Enseñar: poner en señas (To Teach: To Put in Signs) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pensar es pesar (To Think Is to Weigh) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Compañeros: compartir el paño de Eros (Companions: Sharing Eros’s Kerchief) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trabajadores: trabajan desde abajo (Workers: From Bottom Up) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Saber ser es hacer ver (To Know How to Be Is to Let Others See) from the series AMAzone Palabrarma

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Convencer: ven conmigo a vencer (Convince: To Overcome Together) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Labrar palabras como quien labra la tierra (Work Words Like Those Who Till the Land ) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Imaginación: imagen en acción (Imagination: Image in Action) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Desarrollo: desatar el arroyo (To Develop Releases the Stream) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pesimismo: el excesivo peso de sí mismo (Pessimism: The Excessive Weight of Yourself) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Palabra abra pala con alas para abrir la realidad (Word Shovel with Wings Opens Up Reality) from the series AMAzone Palabrarma

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Esperanza: la espera se convierte en lanza (Hope: Longing Becomes the Spear) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mentira: hace tira la mente (Lies Tear the Mind Apart) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Verdad: dar ver (Truth: To Give Sight) from the series AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Whitney
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections3

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Whitney Museum of American Art Xavier Hufkens

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Xavier Hufkens

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Background

Education

University College London

postgraduate education · 1973

Slade School of Fine Art

Visual Arts · 1973

University of Chile

pedagogy, plastic arts · 1971

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