Guillermo Kuitca - New Now London Thursday, December 8, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Guillermo Kuitca

    Argentinian • 1961

    Guillermo Kuitca is an Argentinean child prodigy who held his first solo exhibition at age thirteen. He emerged as a painter during the 1980s, rejecting the neoexpressionist trend of the time. Yet his art is intellectually demanding, formally complex and relevant to the historical moment.

    Kuitca is influenced by Antoni Tápies, Francis Bacon, Jenny Holzer and Pina Bausch. His paintings denote total abstraction and deal with space, language, deat, and travel. His series of maps from the 1990s depicted on canvases and mattresses explore themes of disappearance, migration and the importance of memory. He rarely depicts humans, and his map paintings are difficult to decipher geographically, allowing viewers to meditate on the psychology of space.

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Untitled

signed and dated 'Kuitca 1991' on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
79.9 x 62.4 cm (31 1/2 x 24 5/8 in.)
Painted in 1991.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for £12,600

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Gibbs
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now
+44 20 7901 7993
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New Now

London Auction 8 December 2022