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Lithograph and etching.

Guillermo Kuitca’s Cuarta pared (Fourth Wall, 1997) is a lithograph and etching that reflects the artist’s enduring interest in architecture, theatrical space, and psychological mapping. The composition is constructed from carefully ordered brick-like units interrupted by sweeping white bands that curve across the image. These voids create a dynamic tension between structure and absence, suggesting pathways, stage sets, horizons, or architectural plans. The title refers to the “fourth wall” of the theater—the invisible boundary between performers and audience—introducing themes of perception, separation, and imagined space. Kuitca’s work often occupies the territory between abstraction and representation, transforming familiar spatial systems into evocative metaphors for memory, displacement, and human experience. Here, the rigorous geometric framework is balanced by fluid interruptions that invite multiple readings.

Guillermo Kuitca (Argentina, 1961) is a prominent contemporary artist known for his abstract, map-inspired paintings and theatrical set designs. His works often blend cartography, architecture, and memory, exploring themes of displacement and human experience. Kuitca's art has gained international acclaim for its poetic and conceptual depth.

Guillermo Kuitca

Cuarta pared, 1997

Name: Cuarta pared, 1997
SKU: 17546
Price: 2000.00 EUR
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Limited Edition Print

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Mixed Media

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Lithograph and etching.

Guillermo Kuitca

Cuarta pared, 1997

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Mixed Media

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I use the image of a map to get lost… not to get oriented.
- Guillermo Kuitca

Guillermo Kuitca, born in 1961 is an Argentinian artist. Guillermo Kuitca's works include installations, drawings, paintings and sculptures, and almost never involve humans. His works do however, indicate a strong human presence- as one critic said, it's as if 'the actors have just walked off the stage.' In the 80s, Guillermo Kuitca had a 'theatrical theme' to his work, including a painting of empty theatre seats. Guillermo Kuitca calls this a dark period in his painting where he merged theatre with painting. After 1987, Kutica began to paint the elements of architecture in place of "theatrical spaces." He would paint things like doors, entrances to a room, beds and chairs, and said that he believed his work to be more interesting when humans were less present. Guillermo Kuitca is also well known for his work with maps and terrains. Guillermo Kuitca is known in the art world as a resistance painter because his work often resist coherency and it can't be defined subjectively

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Guillermo Kuitca

Cuarta pared, 1997

56 x 76 cm

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