Cecilia Vicuña: Dreaming Water

Poetry. Protest. Power. Dive into Cecilia Vicuña: Dreaming Water — the most comprehensive monograph dedicated to the visionary Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña. Published in collaboration with leading institutions including MNBA Santiago de Chile, MALBA, and Pinacoteca de São Paulo, this beautifully designed volume is an immersive journey into Vicuña’s creative universe — where art, activism, language, and nature flow together as one.

Spanning over 364 pages and featuring 417 illustrations, Dreaming Water brings together more than 200 works across painting, drawing, screenprint, collage, textile, video, photography, installation, poetry, artist books, and performance. From her groundbreaking concept of “Arte Precario” — ephemeral works created from found materials in the landscape — to her poetic quipus inspired by ancestral Andean knot systems, Vicuña redefines what art can be. Curated by Miguel A. López, the book features powerful essays by Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Catherine de Zegher, and José de Nordenflycht, along with deeply personal reflections by Vicuña herself. A dynamic conversation with Marisol de la Cadena and Camila Marambio adds even more dimension, weaving together art, anthropology, ecology, and decolonial thought.

A poet, artist, activist, and filmmaker, Vicuña has reshaped the global contemporary art scene. She received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 59th Venice Biennale and is a foreign honorary member of the United States Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work lives in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Lyrical and politically resonant, intimate and expansive, Cecilia Vicuña: Dreaming Water is more than a monograph — it’s an invitation to rethink art, language, and our relationship to the earth.

Flow deeper. Think wider. Dream beyond.

Details 

• Paperback Cover 
• 364 Pages with 417 Illustrations 
• Dimension: 6.7in x 9.4in