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Cecilia Vicuña (b. 1948, Santiago), who has been
WORLD-CLASS ART Vicuña’s artistic production from the late 1960s to
based in New York for the last forty years. Showcasing

today, this focused exhibition will feature the breadth
of her multidisciplinary practice, including paintings,
works on paper, textiles, films, a site-specific Quipu
CECILIA VICUÑA:
SPIN SPIN TRIANGULENE (Knot) installation, and a one-time performance of a
“living” Quipu, commissioned by the museum’s Latin
American Circle. The exhibition will also include new
Exhibition: Cecilia Vicuña: Spin Spin Triangulene Venue:
paintings and works on paper created specifically for
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue,
this presentation. The title, Spin Spin Triangulene, is
New York, High Gallery and Rotunda Levels 1, 2, and 6.
a poetic creation based on new scientific discoveries
the artist relates to the Guggenheim’s spiral rotunda
and the quipu, to stress the connection between
PIONEERING CHILEAN ARTIST, POET, ACTIVIST, AND
science and Indigenous knowledge Vicuña has
FILMMAKER CECILIA VICUÑA EXPLORES THEMES OF
observed since her early encounter with cybernetics
MEMORY, LANGUAGE, SCIENCE, AND INDIGENOUS
SPIRITUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents Sensory The
“Cecilia Vicuña: Spin Spin Triangulene”
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents an exhibition
Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: Spin Spin Triangulene, Solomon R.
devoted to Chilean artist, poet, activist, and filmmaker Guggenheim Museum, May 27, 2022–September 5, 2022. Photo: David
Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2022.

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