{"id":2423,"date":"2012-07-02T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/07\/02\/guillermo-kuitca-the-death-of-painting-painting\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:28:32","slug":"guillermo-kuitca-the-death-of-painting-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/guillermo-kuitca-the-death-of-painting-painting","title":{"rendered":"Guillermo Kuitca: The \u201cDeath of Painting\u201d Painting as a Resistance Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/image-62.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/image-62.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/image-62-300x195.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>What I believe makes painting so interesting and such a battleground is the mere fact that it has been declared dead; I cannot see another medium in which one can explore with such an incredible freedom. It is because the struggle occurs inside, it is very private. I think that the measure of the painting relies on what you can accomplish in that private moment. I am not so sure if you can achieve that in other mediums. - Guillermo Kuitca<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.literalmagazine.com\/english_post\/guillermo-kuitca-the-death-of-painting-painting-as-a-resistance-movement\/\">Excerpt from an interview&nbsp;with Guillermo Kuitca and Mari Carmen Ram\u00edrez featured on Literal Magazine\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=410\">See more works by Kuitca in his 2002 exhibition at L.A. Louver<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I believe makes painting so interesting and such a battleground is the mere fact that it has been declared dead; I cannot see another medium in which one can explore with such an incredible freedom. 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