Her site-specific work will open on 13 October 2022
The Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña will take over the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall later this year, for the annual Hyundai Commission. Vicuña’s textile sculptures explore issues of climate change, feminism and social justice.
Her work will be on view at the Turbine Hall from 13 October 2022 to 16 April 2023. The 74-year-old artist follows Anicka Yi’s floating ‘aerobes’ which filled the vast space from last October until this February.
Born in Santiago, Vicuña entered exile in the early 1970s after the CIA-backed coup against Salvador Allende. She coined the phrase Arte Precario as a reference to her work’s physical and subjective concerns. ‘Vicuña’s ephemeral and environmentally conscious work combines the tactile ritual of weaving with assemblage, poetry, performance, and painting,’ the Tate said in a statement.
Tate Modern director Frances Morris commented: ‘Cecilia Vicuña has been an inspirational figure for decades, with the relevance and urgency of her work rightly underscored by her forthcoming Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement award.’
‘As a tireless champion of ecological awareness and social justice, as well as the creator of stunning and powerful works of art, I am delighted that Tate Modern will be working with Cecilia Vicuña on our next annual Hyundai Commission – I can’t wait for its unveiling this October.’
