Asked to create a work for the Institute for Architecture and Urban Planning, Gordon Matta-Clark arrived with a BB gun and shot out their windows, intending to cover the broken glass with ...
NEW YORK — The small Bronx Museum of the Arts regularly punches above its weight. It is doing so again with “Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect,” a streamlined exhibition of the work of this ...
In 1976, when Gordon Matta-Clark shot out the windows of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York, he wasn’t making a performative aesthetic gesture — he was engaging in an act of ...
"This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Gordon Matta-Clark : 'You are the measure,'" at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York"--T.p. verso. The mind is vast and ever ...
A long-awaited public artwork by critically acclaimed artist David Hammons is finally on the verge of its official unveiling, and as workers complete the finishing touches on the installation, the ...
Tina Girouard, Carol Gooden and Gordon Matta-Clark in front of Food in 1971. Photo: Dick Landry/© 2024 Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Tina Girouard, Carol Gooden ...
In 1974, artist Gordon Matta-Clark set to work on a performance art piece. He took his chainsaw to an abandoned house in New Jersey and carefully, deliberately, cut the home down the middle. Once that ...
"Although highly regarded during his short life - and honored by artists and architects today - the American artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-78) has been largely ignored within the history of art.
Best known for his monumental cuts, holes, apertures, and excisions to the facades of derelict homes and historic buildings in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, and abroad, Gordon Matta-Clark’s work ...
"The way that I'd think about [Gordon Matta-Clark's] work, or the way that I'd describe his work, is that he considers architecture sculpture," says UMOCA Curator of Exhibitions Jared Steffensen.
This is a rather special video. We were very much looking forward to this exhibition, so it was a shock when we realized that our camera was not working properly at the day of the filming.