“;” was a group exhibition organized by Mark McKnight at Vielmetter Los Angeles. The show features Etel Adnan, CAConrad, Moyra Davey, Demian Dinéyazhi’, Shannon Ebner, John Giorno, Otis Houston Jr., Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Félix González-Torres, The Song Cave, and Cecilia Vicuña.

; is an exhibition that includes artists who work with, towards, and through poems, poets or “the poetic.” The exhibition unsettles exclusive demarcations of what makes up a poem or an artwork.

What is Poetry to you?  •  1980

What is Poetry to you?

Cecilia Vicuña
Color, sound, 16 mm film on video, Spanish with English subtitles 23:20 min

1980  •  Courtesy of the artists and Vielmetter Los Angeles

What is Poetry to you?  •  1980

What is Poetry to you?

Cecilia Vicuña
Color, sound, 16 mm film on video, Spanish with English subtitles 23:20 min

1980  •  Courtesy of the artists and Vielmetter Los Angeles

“;” Vielmetter Los Angeles, November 19, 2022 – January 7th, 2023 Installation view  •  2022-23

“;” Vielmetter Los Angeles, November 19, 2022 – January 7th, 2023 Installation view

Installation view of Etel Adnan's “Untitled” (2010)
Oil on canvas

2022-23  •  Courtesy of the artists and Vielmetter Los Angeles Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“;” Vielmetter Los Angeles, November 19, 2022 – January 7th, 2023 Installation view  •  2022-23

“;” Vielmetter Los Angeles, November 19, 2022 – January 7th, 2023 Installation view

Installation view of Otis Houston Jr.'s “HELP” (2022)
Spray paint on towel

2022-23  •  Courtesy of the artists and Vielmetter Los Angeles Photo credit: Jeff McLane