Guillermo Kuitca

Guillermo Kuitca (born 1961) is an Argentinian visual artist, born in Buenos Aires and a key figure in the history of Latin American art known for his map and architectural work.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3D71730F937A25756C0A965958260&sec=&spon=|title=Art in Review|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=1993-05-14|author=Michael Kimmelman|work=The New York Times] Kuitca has exhibited worldwide and his work is held in several major international collections, including, the Met, MoMA,Cite web|url=http://www.proyectoparabola.com/events/show.asp?id=750|title=New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions|accessdate=2008-03-09|publisher=Proyecto Parabola] The Art Institute of Chicago, The Tate Gallery, Stedelijk Museum and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56837291.html|title=Hirshhorn Exhibit Stresses High Anxiety|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=1996-06-23|author=Joanna Shaw-Eagle|work=The Washtington Times] His work has also been included in a number of international exhibits, including the 2007 Venice Biennale.Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/arts/design/03shee.html|title=Surprise Breaks Out of the Box (or Cube)|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=2007-06-03|author=Hilarie Sheets|work=The New York Times] In 1995, a 12 year survey of his work was organized and toured, crediting with increasing United States' interest in his workCite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21522509.html?dids=21522509:21522509&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+11%2C+1995&author=Leah+Ollman&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=ART+An+Artist+Finds+His+Place+in+the+World+Obsessed+with+maps%2C+Guillermo+Kuitca+makes+self-scrutinizing+works+that+are+leading+art+mavens+to+his+Buenos+Aires+base.&pqatl=google|title=An Artist Finds His Place in the World Obsessed with Maps, Guillermo Kuitca Makes Self-Scrutinizing Works That Are Leading Art Mavens to His Buenos Aires Base|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=1995-06-11|author=Leah Ollman|work=Los Angeles Times] after he made his New York City debut in the early 1990s.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3DC113FF931A25757C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2|title=Review/Art; The Young Archie Rand, Reverent and Irreverent|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=1991-04-12|author=Roberta Smith|work=The New York Times]

His work is also in a number of travelling collections including a winter 2008 exhibit at the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, which includes work from the North Carolina Museum of Art.Cite web|url=http://www.islandpacket.com/lowcountrylife/story/232300.html|title=Telfair Museum of Art Presents Winter Exhibitions|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=2008-02-21|work=Island Packet] His opera-related niche work, inspired in part by Wagner,Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406EFDD1239F931A15752C1A9649C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=Art in Review; Guillermo Kuitca|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=2002-11-22|author=Michael Kimmelman|work=The New York Times] has led to an exhibit at the Metropolitan Opera's "Met Gallery".Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/arts/music/21frig.html?_r=1&fta=y&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin|title=Opera Lover Plays Musical Chairs with Paint|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=2007-09-21|author=Karen Rosenberg|work=The New York Times] Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/arts/design/12wart.html?pagewanted=2&ref=design|title=Guillermo Kuitca: Stage Fright|accessdate=2008-03-09|year=2007-10-12|work=The New York Times]

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External links

* [http://kuitca.com.ar/index.php Online gallery]
* [http://www.speronewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/artists/record.html?record=6 Guillermo Kuitca at Sperone Westwater Gallery]
* [http://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/portrait.php?findexisting=1&artist_id=44 Guillermo Kuitca at Hauser & Wirth]