“;” 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.
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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
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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
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“;” 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
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“;” 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
