Property from the Collection of Jimmy Belilty
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Guillermo Kuitca
Naked Tango (After Warhol)
- Estimate
- £50,000 - 70,000‡
Lot Details
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 'NAKED TANGO (after Warhol) Kuitca 1994' on the reverse
192.1 x 145.9 cm (75 5/8 x 57 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1994.
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Guillermo Kuitca
Argentinian | 1961Guillermo 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.
Browse ArtistKuitca 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.