The Precarious / Quipoem: The Art and Poetry of Cecilia Vicuña

by Catherine de Zegher

Internationally acclaimed as a poet and visual artist, Cecilia Vicuna is also a political activist and founding member of Artists for Democracy. Since the mid-60s, she has worked with abandoned materials and rubbish to create works of art she calls "precarios"--fragile constructions of string, bark, pebbles: small boats left floating in city puddles, handwoven nets strung across rivers. In her poetry, Vicuna combines Andean vernacular with other languages...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819563242
• ISBN13: 9780819563248
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.7"