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 Images of these works—each a powerful juxtaposition of color, poetry and politics—appear alongside new essays and historical references chosen with the artist.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 translates to “word weapons” or “word arms,” imagine new ways of seeing language. Taking the form of collages, silkscreens, drawings, poems, fabric banners, cutouts, mixed-media installations and street actions, Vicuña’s 'Palabarmas' bring together her work in poetry, activism and visual art. Each one unpacks and deconstructs single words to reveal other words hiding within them, allowing new meanings to emerge.

150pages

20.3×25.4cm

Hardcover

English

September 2023

ISBN 9798986781204