Cecilia Vicuña: Word Weapons
Vicuna, Cecilia / Daumal, René / de la Torre, Mónica / Gerrity, Jeanne / Macchiavello, Carla / Randall, Robert / Rodriguez, Simón
At once poetry, art and activism, Vicuña‿s playful multimedia works "open up minds by opening up words"This beautifully designed clothbound book brings together the Palabrarmas series by the Chilean-born artist, poet and activist Cecilia Vicuña (born 1948). Images of these works‿each a powerful juxtaposition of color, poetry and politics‿appear alongside new essays and historical references chosen with the artist. Palabrarmas, a neologism that...