GORDON MATTA

This highly original book examines wordplay in the art and thought of American artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978). A pivotal figu re in the postminimalist generation who was also the son of a prominent Surrealist, Matta-Clark was a leader in the downtown artists ' community in New York in the 1970s, and is widely seen as a pioneer of what has come to be known as social practice art. He is cel ebrated for his anarchitectural environments and performances, and the films, photographs, drawings, and sculptural fragments with w hich his...[Read more]