Artworks · Cecilia Vicuña

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

Voluntad: untar de vuelo (Will Anoints the Flight ) 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

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

Siembra: decirle sí a la hembra (Sowing Is Yes To Female) 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

Miserable: que mi ser hable (In Misery Your Being Speaks) 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

Solidaridad: dar y dar sol (Solidarity: Offer and Offer Sun) 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

Soledad: sol en la edad (Solitude: Sun in Age ) 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

Corazón con razón ( Heart with Reason ) 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

AMAzone Palabrarmas

1978 · Series of twenty-eight drawings in ink and pencil on paper

Each: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Black Panther and Me (ii)

1978 · Oil on canvas

26 1/2 x 33" (67.3 x 83.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art