artist
Gordon Matta-Clark
birth
New York, United States, 1943
death
New York, United States, 1978
last update
27-11-2024
The son of Chilean painter Roberto Matta and North-American painter Anne Clark, Gordon Matta-Clark (New York, 1943-1978) had a brief but intense life. This multifaceted, intuitive artist with enormous energy and vitality burst onto the New York art scene in the sixties, bringing influences from Pop Art, Minimalism and Conceptualism. After coming into contact with artists from the land art movement, he developed an institutional critique based on group actions and experiences in public space.

Gordon Matta-Clark started by documenting abandoned buildings and soon began to act upon them, making large geometric incisions, holes or cut-outs. His interventions or “building cuts” entailed a renewal of sculptural language and a critique that did not just address modern architecture, but also capitalism and the North American way of life. In only eight years, from 1970 to 1978, Matta-Clark created a complex, radical and innovative body of work that has continued to influence subsequent generations of architects and visual artists.
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[4406_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4407_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4409_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4411_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4413_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4405_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4414_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4410_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4408_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4412_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[3131_001_pub / Imatge] 3131_001_pub.tif
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[3123_005_pub / Imatge] 3123_005_pub.tif
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[3126_005_pub / Imatge] City Slivers
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[3129_001_pub / Imatge] 3129_001_pub.tif
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[1878_001_hist / Imatge] Conical Intersect
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[1879_002_hist / Imatge] Conical Intersect
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[2962_001_pub / Imatge] Day's End
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[3130_020_hist / Imatge] Conical Intersect
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[1877_001_hist / Imatge] Splitting
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[3127_003_hist / Imatge] Splitting
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[3128_001_pub / Imatge] 3128_001_pub.tif
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Clockshower
1973
Gordon Matta-Clark
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[2964_004_pub / Imatge] Fresh Kill
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[1880_002_hist / Imatge] Untitled (Herman Meydag Inc)
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[3124_001_pub / Imatge] 3124_001_pub.tif
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[3122_002_pub / Imatge] 3122_002_pub.tif
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[2963_002_pub / Imatge] Fire Child
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[4406_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4411_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4413_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4405_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4414_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[4412_001_rgb / Imatge] Sky Hook (Study for a Balloon Building)
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[3131_001_pub / Imatge] 3131_001_pub.tif
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[3123_005_pub / Imatge] 3123_005_pub.tif
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[3126_005_pub / Imatge] City Slivers
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[1878_001_hist / Imatge] Conical Intersect
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[1879_002_hist / Imatge] Conical Intersect
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[2962_001_pub / Imatge] Day's End
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[1877_001_hist / Imatge] Splitting
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[3127_003_hist / Imatge] Splitting
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[2964_004_pub / Imatge] Fresh Kill
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[1880_002_hist / Imatge] Untitled (Herman Meydag Inc)
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[2963_002_pub / Imatge] Fire Child
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Harold Berg parla sobre "Portfoli Office Baroque. Gordon Matta-Clark a la Col·lecció MACBA" [Enregistrament audiovisual exposició]
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7-6-2012 - 21-10-2012
[Walls paper : copyright Matta-Clark 1972]
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[Walls paper : copyright Matta-Clark 1972]
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[Walls paper : copyright Matta-Clark 1972]
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[Walls paper : copyright Matta-Clark 1972]
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[Walls paper : copyright Matta-Clark 1972]
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[Walls paper : copyright Matta-Clark 1972]
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Gordon Matta-Clark, 1969-1978. Reorganització de l'estructura mitjançant el dibuix [Reportatge fotogràfic exposició]
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16-1-1998 - 15-3-1998
Gordon Matta-Clark, 1969-1978. Reorganització de l'estructura mitjançant el dibuix [Enregistrament audiovisual exposició]
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16-1-1998 - 15-3-1998
Circus : the Caribbean orange / Gordon Matta-Clark ; Judith Russi Kirshner, curator
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1979
Gordon Matta-Clark : sous-sols de Paris
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1977
Splitting / by Gordon Matta-Clark
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1974
Walls paper / Gordon Matta-Clark
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1973