Présentation

“Convertir un lieu en état d’esprit."

Figure majeure de la scène artistique new-yorkaise des années 1970, Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) a développé une pratique multidisciplinaire marquée par sa formation d'architecte et mêlant performance, art conceptuel et land art. Il a ainsi posé les bases de la sculpture sociale et de la praxis sociale comme formes de création artistique.

 

Matta-Clark est surtout connu pour ses interventions éphémères dans des bâtiments voués à la démolition. Il a littéralement déconstruit ces espaces : coupant des maisons en deux, retirant des sections de plancher, et créant des sculptures monumentales à l'échelle des bâtiments. Il activait ainsi les lieux abandonnés grâce à une pratique singulière de réduction et de négation. Dans le cadre de son approche qu'il qualifiait d'« anarchitecture » et avec une réflexion sur les  non-uments, Matta-Clark a scié les murs, transformant des maisons et entrepôts désertés en cathédrales et installations immersives, entre poésie et réflexion sur la dégénérescence.

 

Le travail de Matta-Clark est représentée dans d'importantes collections publiques, dont le Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ; le Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ; le Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ; le Museum of Modern Art, New York ; le Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Anvers ; le San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ; le Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC ; le Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York ; le Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam ; et le Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

 

Matta-Clark a fait l'objet de rétrospectives majeures au Museum of Contemporary Art de Chicago, au Whitney Museum de New York et au Jeu de Paume de Paris, ainsi que d'innombrables autres expositions importantes.

Expositions
Séries
Œuvres
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, c. 1977
    Office Baroque, c. 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Study for Office Baroque, 1st. project, c. 1977
    Study for Office Baroque, 1st. project, c. 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, 1977
    Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Poster for Office Baroque, 1977
    Poster for Office Baroque, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Study for "Office Baroque," first project, 1977
    Study for "Office Baroque," first project, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Study for "Office Baroque," first project, 1977
    Study for "Office Baroque," first project, 1977
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, City Slivers, 1976
    City Slivers, 1976
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Conical Intersect, 1975
    Conical Intersect, 1975
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Conical Intersect, 1975
    Conical Intersect, 1975
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting Book: Number 2 & 3, 1975
    Splitting Book: Number 2 & 3, 1975
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bingo , 1974
    Bingo , 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bingo , 1974
    Bingo , 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bingo, 1974
    Bingo, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bingo, 1974
    Bingo, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bingo (Bingone), 1974
    Bingo (Bingone), 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bingo (Gordon Matta-Clark filming Bingo), 1974
    Bingo (Gordon Matta-Clark filming Bingo), 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bingo X Ninths, 1974
    Bingo X Ninths, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bingo X Ninths, 1974
    Bingo X Ninths, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting, 1974
    Splitting, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting, 1974
    Splitting, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting, 1974
    Splitting, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting, 1974
    Splitting, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting, 1974
    Splitting, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting BOOK (1/2), 1974
    Splitting BOOK (1/2), 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting BOOK (2/2), 1974
    Splitting BOOK (2/2), 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting Book, Uncut book pages, 1974
    Splitting Book, Uncut book pages, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting Book: Number 23, 1974
    Splitting Book: Number 23, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting Book: Number 29, 31, 1974
    Splitting Book: Number 29, 31, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting Interior, 1974
    Splitting Interior, 1974
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bronx Floor: Boston Road, 1973
    Bronx Floor: Boston Road, 1973
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bronx Floor: Floor Hole, 1973
    Bronx Floor: Floor Hole, 1973
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bronx Floor: Floor Hole, 1973
    Bronx Floor: Floor Hole, 1973
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Wallspaper BOOK (1/2), 1973
    Wallspaper BOOK (1/2), 1973
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Wallspaper BOOK (2/2), 1973
    Wallspaper BOOK (2/2), 1973
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bronx Floors (Object), 1972
    Bronx Floors (Object), 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Bronx Floors (Object), 1972
    Bronx Floors (Object), 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Invitation to 112 Greene Street Exhibition, 1972
    Invitation to 112 Greene Street Exhibition, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls, 1972
    Walls, 1972
  • Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls (Wallspaper Book Cover Test Print), 1972
    Walls (Wallspaper Book Cover Test Print), 1972
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