People on Fire
Artist
Guillermo Kuitca
Argentine, born 1961
Date1993
MediumAcrylic and graphite on canvas
Dimensions76 1/4 x 109 7/8 in. (193.7 x 279.1 cm)
Frame: 78 3/4 x 112 3/8 in. (200 x 285.4 cm)
Frame: 78 3/4 x 112 3/8 in. (200 x 285.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from various donors, by exchange
Object number93.3
On View
On viewPublished References"Guillermo Kuitca" (exhibition notice), The New Yorker (May 10, 1993), 20.
Eleanor Hartley, "Guillermo Kuitca: Sperone Westwater," Art News 92 (September 1993), 173.
Josefina Ayerza, "Guillermo Kuitca: On the Map," Flash Art 26 (November/December 1993), 45-47, illus. 46 (erroneously titled People in Fire).
"Board Business: Board of Trustees," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Summer 1994), 24, illus. (b-w).
Wexner Center for the Arts, One Season at the Wexner (promotional booklet) (Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts, 1994), illus. (b-w) 13.
"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview/Annual Report (Winter 1994-95), listed and illus. (b-w) 43.
Gene Ray, "Guillermo Kuitca" (review), Art Papers 4 (July/August 1995), 40.
John W. Coffey, "Guillermo Kuitca's People on Fire," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview/Annual Report (Spring 1996), 12-13, illus. (b-w) 12, detail (color) cover.
John W. Coffey, entry for People on Fire, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 254, illus. (color).
Guillermo Kuitca and Graciela Speranza, Guillermo Kuitca: Obras 1982-1998. Conversaciones con Graciela Speranza (Buenos Aires: Grupo Editorial Norma, 1998), illus. (color) 124-25.
Fricciones (exhibition catalogue) (Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2000), illus. (color) 126-27.
"Highlights Include Kids' Favorites," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (September/October 2003), mentioned 7.
John W. Coffey, entry for People on Fire, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 536, illus. (color) 537.
Dorianna Laux, "People on Fire" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 78.Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Sperone Westwater Gallery, Guillermo Kuitca, May 1-June 5, 1993.
Columbus, OH, Wexner Center for the Arts, Guillermo Kuitca: Burning Beds, A Survey 1982-1994, October 1-December 31, 1994; Miami, FL, Center for the Fine Arts, January 28-April 16, 1995, unnumbered, illus. (color) 53, catalogue entry by John W. Coffey.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions," September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, "Fricciones," December 12, 2000-March 26, 2001, cat. illus. (color) 126-27.
Savannah, GA, Telfair Museum of Art's Jepson Center for the Arts, "Fast Forward: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," January 23-April 27, 2008.
Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, "Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 22, 2008-May 17, 2009.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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