Guillermo Kuitca

Spanning the 1980s to the present day, this book provides an overview of the paintings of Argentinian artist Guillermo Kuitca (b.1961), unpicking his range of influences and techniques.

List of contents

Chapter 1: A Certain Version of History; Chapter 2: The Painter as Dramaturge; Chapter 3: The Pathos of Home; Chapter 4: Cartographic Dreams; Chapter 5: Discovering the Diagram; Chapter 6: In a Garden of Forking Paths; Chapter 7: Space is a Doubt; Bibliography; Endnotes

About the author

Raphael Rubinstein is professor of Critical Studies at the University of Houston School of Art and is also a Contributing Editor for Art in America. His previous publications include Words and Drawings: Frank O'Hara and Mario Schifano, Reinventing Abstraction: New York Painting in the 1980s and Critical Mess: Art Critics on the State of their Practice.

Summary

Spanning the 1980s to the present day, this book provides an overview of the paintings of Argentinian artist Guillermo Kuitca (b.1961), unpicking his range of influences and techniques.

Additional text

'Rubinstein gives an incisive account of Kuitca's work, which is simultaneously abstract and affective, minimalist and exuberant, and deeply engaged with the world. Gingerly situation Kuitca in an international context, the book focuses on how he side-stepped the post-1960s endgame of painting, exploring ever new and compelling ways to give the medium a new lease on life. A must-read for anyone interested in art from beyond Europe and North America.'

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Rubinstein, Rubinstein Raphael
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781848223738
• ISBN: 978-1-84822-373-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Contemporary Painters Series; Contemporary Painters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Painting & paintings, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs, Paintings and painting