Overview
"""Undoing is just as much a democratic right as doing.""---Gordon Matta-Clark This revealing book looks at the groundbreaking work of Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), whose socially conscious practice blurred the boundaries between contemporary art and architecture. After completing a degree in architecture at Cornell University, Matta-Clark returned to his home city of New York. There he employed the term “anarchitecture,” combining “anarchy” and “architecture,” to describe the site-specific works he initially realized in the South Bronx. The borough’s many abandoned buildings, the result of economic decline and middle-class flight, served as Matta-Clark’s raw material. His series Cuts dissected these structures, performing an anatomical study of the ravaged urban landscape. Moving from New York to Paris with Conical Intersect, a piece that became emblematic of artistic protest, Matta-Clark applied this same method to a pair of 17th-century row houses slated for demolition as a result of the Centre Pompidou’s construction. This compelling volume grounds Matta-Clark’s practice against the framework of architectural and urban history, stressing his pioneering activist-inspired approach, as well as his contribution to the nascent fields of social practice and relational aesthetics. Published in association with The Bronx Museum of the Arts Exhibition Schedule: Bronx Museum of the Arts (11/08/17-04/08/18) Jeu de Paume, Paris (06/04/18-09/23/18) Kumu Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia (03/01/19-08/04/19) Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (09/12/19-12/15/2019)"
Full Product Details
Author: Antonio Sergio Bessa ,
Jessamyn Fiore ,
Cara M. Jordan ,
Xavier Wrona
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9780300230437
ISBN 10: 0300230435
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 21 November 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (09/12/19-12/15/2019) * Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA * Kumu Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia (03/01/19-08/04/19) * Kumu Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia * Jeu de Paume, Paris (06/04/18-09/23/18) * Jeu de Paume, Paris * Bronx Museum of the Arts (11/08/17-04/08/18) * Bronx Museum of the Arts *
Author Information
Antonio Sergio Bessa is director of curatorial and education programs at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Jessamyn Fiore is a New York–based curator and co-director of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark.
