In his words, "I always have the idea that my work does not start out from the blank canvas, but goes towards the blank canvas."įor nearly two decades, Kuitca has been particularly drawn to the subject of the opera. Drawing is key to his artistic investigation, taking the form of linear grids, gestural strokes, and notations that imbue his collages, paintings, and sculptures with a sense of dislocation and poetry. Guillermo Kuitca finds inspiration in the fields of architecture, theater, and cartography. The first large-scale exhibition of its kind, Bel Canto will engage opera aficionados and novices alike, offering unexpected glimpses behind the scenes and deep into the cultures and histories that have influenced this iconic art form over the years. The exhibition features the work of Vasco Araújo, Suzanne Bocanegra, Candida Höfer, William Kentridge, Guillermo Kuitca, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Matthias Schaller, and Bill Viola.Īmong the works included are a film that provides a post-colonial take on Verdi large-scale photographs of iconic opera houses that explore the architecture and order of social space multiple installations that investigate the stories, music, sets and costumes of opera drawings and collages that abstract opera design and an installation of a fictional diva’s dressing room that examines gender roles. SITE Santa Fe presents Bel Canto: Contemporary Artists Explore Opera, an exhibition that examines themes of race, gender and class within the stories, traditions, architecture, and music of opera.
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