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Pope.L.
A joining of two artists, exploring their shared fixation on the problematics of architecture, language, institutions, scale, and value
'[The exhibition is] powerful and unhinged and overbuilt-a monument to the…
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Carlo McCormick, Caleb Neelon
An unprecedented glimpse into the raw, untamed world of New York City's graffiti scene during the pivotal years of 1972 and 1973. Curated from late artist Gordon Matta-Clark's photographic archives…
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Stefano Graziani
"These photographs recount my experience of finding Gordon-Matta Clark's books while exploring the CCA collection"--Page 4 of cover.
Sapna Joshi
It is a wonder why Gordon Matta-Clark is not better known. Born into the centre of the contemporary New York art world in 1942, Matta-Clark went on to study architecture…
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Antonio Sergio Bessa,Jessamyn Fiore
Undoing is just as much a democratic right as doing. —Gordon Matta-Clark
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Gordon Matta-Clark
An essential reference that provides new understanding of the thought processes of one of the most radical artists of the late twentieth century.
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) has never been an…
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A new publication spotlights Gordon Matta-Clark’s only extant architectural piece
Frances Richard
Bringing a poet’s perspective to an artist’s archive, this highly original book examines wordplay in the art and thought of American artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978). A pivotal figure in the…
MoMA PS1 presents the fourth iteration of Greater New York. Recurring every five years, the exhibition has traditionally showcased the work of emerging artists living and working in the New…
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-78) died at only 35 of pancreatic cancer and has since become a cult figure of late 20th-century art. Trained in architecture at Cornell, he went on to…
Briony Fer,Sarah Sze
Well known for his radical anarchitectural interventions throughout the 1970s, Gordon Matta-Clark was always committed to drawing. His works capture the interdisciplinary spirit that defined the art world in the…
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Daniel Skina
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Kunst - Architektur, Baugeschichte, Denkmalpflege, Note: 1,5, Universitat Wien (Institut fur Kunstgeschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Es werden drei spezifische Arbeiten Matta-Clarks untersucht: -…
Stephen Walker
Known for his brutal and spectacular building cuts, Gordon Matta-Clark’s oeuvre is unique in the history of American art. This book considers the broad range of Matta-Clark’s ephemeral practice, from…
Peter Muir
In this in-depth analysis, Peter Muir argues that Gordon Matta-Clark’s Conical Intersect (1975) is emblematic of Henri Lefebvre’s understanding of art’s function in relation to urban space. By engaging with…
Yann Chateigne,Francesco Garutti,Hila Peleg
In 1969, Gordon Matta-Clark moved to New York City and his early projects involved transformations. Throughout the following years of his major building cuts, the artist continued to explore other…
From 1970 to 1978, Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) was in the habit of jotting down notes on index cards that he carried with him throughout his travels, from Lower Manhattan to…
