Gordon Matta-Clark - Anarchitect (Hardcover)

"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)

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2017
Authors:	Antonio Sergio Bessa • Jessamyn Fiore
Contributors:	Cara M. Jordan • Xavier Wrona
Dimensions:	254 x 191 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-23043-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > Conceptual art Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
LSN:	0-300-23043-5
Barcode:	9780300230437

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