Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen

July 11–October 14, 2018

This first survey of Vicuña’s work stages a conversation about discarded and displaced people, places, and things in a time of global climate change.

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  • Cecilia Vicuña: Selection of Precarios, 1966–2017; 110 found-object sculptures; stone, shells, glass, wood, plastic, thread, net, seeds, paper, cloth, detritus, sand; dimensions variable. Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

  • Cecilia Vicuña: Arco arrayán; mixed media; 12 x 16 x 4 in. Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

  • Cecilia Vicuña: We the People (Nosotros, el pueblo), 2016; hand-written and sewn text on canvas, red thread, colored pencil. Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

  • Cecilia Vicuña: Plastic Wind, n.d.; mixed media; dimensions variable. Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

  • Cecilia Vicuña: still from Semiya, 2015; video; color, sound. Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

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Selected Exhibition Objects

  • Sculpture

    Precarios

    Cecilia Vicuña

    1966–2017
    110 found-object sculptures; stone, shells, glass, wood, plastic, thread, net, seeds, paper, cloth, detritus, sand
    dimensions variable
    Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

  • Mixed Media

    Arco arrayán

    Cecilia Vicuña

    Mixed media
    12 x 16 x 4 in.
    Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

  • Mixed Media

    Plastic Wind

    Cecilia Vicuña

    n.d.
    Mixed media
    Dimensions variable
    Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

  • Film

    Semiya

    Cecilia Vicuña

    2015
    Video; color, sound
    Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2017. Photo: Alex Marks.

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