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Guillermo Kuitca
1961-
Horseshoe Theaters
2018
Altered inkjet prints on photographic paper.
Three sheets: 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (29.8 x 41.9 cm) each
Gift of an anonymous donor.
2019.94a-c
Notes:
a. Horseshoe Theaters: Teatro La Fenice; b. Horseshoe Theaters: Teatro Colón; c. Horseshoe Theaters: Wiener Staatsoper.
In this triptych, Kuitca takes as his subject the seating plans of three renowned theaters--Teatro La Fenice, Venice; Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires; and Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna. Using water to break down the emulsion on the surface of the printed paper, he recasts these utilitarian plans as sites of chance and disorder. They are as colorful, unpredictable, and turbulent as the performances the theaters house.
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a. Numbered at lower left, "I"; b. Numbered at lower left, "II"; c. Numbered at lower left, "III;" Signed and dated at lower right, Kuitca 2018.
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The artist (Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York).
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