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Artist
Cecilia Vicuña
b. 1948, Santiago, Chile · Chilean · Based in New York, USA; Santiago, Chile
- University of Chile, Santiago
- Slade School of Fine Art, London
- Quipu Textile Installation
- Poetry
- Painting
- Ecological Performance
Cecilia Vicuña works across poetry, performance, sculpture and textile, often using fragile materials such as thread, sticks, wool and found debris. Her quipu-inspired installations connect Indigenous Andean knowledge, language, ecology and political memory.
Poetry; textile; sculpture; performance; installation
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Cecilia Vicuña – 'Your Rage is Your Gold' | Tate
Major Works
- 2017Quipu Womb (The Story of the Red Thread, Athens)
- 2022Brain Forest Quipu
- 1966 onwardPrecarios
- 2006Quipu Menstrual
- 1999Cloud-Net
- 2017Quipu Mapocho
- 2018Burning Forest Quipu
- 1970s onwardPalabrarmas
- 1979Vaso de leche
- 2012Quipu Austral
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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