Untitled

Contemporary Art

1995

Guillermo Kuitca
Argentine, born 1961

After creating a body of work exploring cartography and topology, Guillermo Kuitca turned to making paintings based on selected floor plans or blueprints for anonymous institutional structures. The subject appealed to the artist as a way to investigate the regimented and anonymous aspects of contemporary, urban life. Devoid of any signs of human activity, Kuitca’s ghostlike compositions blur the distinction between real and imaginary space. This canvas belongs to the Puro Teatro series, a group of seventeen works from 1995 based upon theater interiors. The theater motif is an especially significant architectural source for Kuitca: as a young painter in Argentina he first received critical recognition for a group of enigmatic works inspired by the performing arts.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Contemporary Art

Artist: Guillermo Kuitca
Title: Untitled
Place: Argentina (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1995
Medium: Chalk and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 180.3 × 233.7 cm (71 × 92 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Society for Contemporary Art
Reference Number: 1998.350

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