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Instructions （Artist Cecilia Vicuna）

Cecilia Vicuña Quiz on Readings

Answer 3 of these 9 questions (time limit 30minutes - 1 attempt) - short answers please indicate which question you are answering; place all 3 answers in here

1. How does the William Blake quotation “All the weavers see a universe between thread and thread” relate to Cecilia Vicuña’s work? You may also include references and insights to how this quotation may relate to the workshop she offered students on Wed 4/17.

2. What does Vicuña’s last name mean? And how does it relate to the nude self-portrait painting “La Vicuña” she painted in 1977. (Note: you will need to describe the painting in response)

3. Discuss the ways in which weaving and water appear as two major themes in Vicuña’s works.

4. Discuss examples of how Vicuña’s works are examples of ‘eco art actions.

5. Writer Lucy Lippard goes to great length to discuss and complicate Vicuña’s “We are all Indigenous” statement. How does she specifically problematize this statement in an American context?

6. Discuss Vicuña’s use of quipu. What is it and why is this important in Vicuña’s works?

7. Explain your understanding of this quotation from her interview with Julia Bryan Wilson: “I felt in complete awe and my life changed in that very moment, because I had this awareness—an awareness of its awareness.” What moment is she referring to? Be detailed.

8. What does Vicuña mean with the statement “I believe what changes the world is our awareness, and I consider awareness to be the main art of human beings.”?

9. According to Vicuña, why is oral poetry so powerful in indigenous societies?

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