Cecilia Vicuna

Cecilia Vicuña © 2009, The Shadow of Sorrow. Video of a performance by Cecilia Vicuña, with Irene & Vojtech Havel. In a Musical Tribute to Pablo Neruda at the World Financial Center in New York City on April 15, 2009. Courtesy of the artist.

Cecilia Vicuña © 1973 , Angel de la menstruación . Oil on canvas. 22.75 x 19 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Cecilia Vicuña © 1979 , Para no morir de hambre en el arte - Reina Sofia. Photography of the action in Bogota, Colombia. Courtesy of the artist.

Cecilia Vicuña © 1970 , Retrato doble . Oil on canvas. 82 x 1.80 cm. Collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), Santiago, Chile. Courtesy of the artist.

Cecilia Vicuña © 1970 , Pantera Negra y yo . Courtesy of the artist.

Cecilia Vicuña © 2015 , Cantos del Agua. Performance at Patricia Ready Gallery, Santiago, Chile. Courtesy of the artist.

CECILIA VICUÑA IS A POET, VISUAL ARTIST, AND FILMMAKER BORN IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE. THE AUTHOR OF MORE THAN TWENTY BOOKS OF POETRY, SHE EXHIBITS AND PERFORMS INTERNATIONALLY. HER MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WORKS BEGIN AS AN IMAGE THAT BECOMES A POEM, A FILM, A SONG, A SCULPTURE, OR A COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE. SHE CALLS THIS IMPERMANENT, PARTICIPATORY WORK “LO PRECARIO” (THE PRECARIOUS), A SERIES OF TRANSFORMATIVE ACTS OR “METAPHORS IN SPACE” THAT BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ART AND LIFE, THE ANCESTRAL AND THE AVANT-GARDE.

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