Bronx Floors Gordon Matta Clark

June 22 1943 august 27 1978 was an american artist best known for his site specific artworks he made in the 1970s.

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His cuts were strategic. In 1974 anarchitecture a group whose members included gordon matta clark and others connected to the artist run gallery 112 green street contributed a photo essay to flash art among the very few traces of their production. Anarchitect is organized by antonio sergio bessa bronx museum director of curatorial and education programs.

Neat rectangles whose clean lines. In 1972 artist gordon matta clark began entering abandoned apartment buildings in the south bronx and cutting holes in the floors. On view beginning november 2017 gordon matta clark.

Bronx floors 1972 73 some of matta clark s first interventions in the urban architectural fabric were the pieces of floor including the beams and ceilings beneath them roughly four feet. Gordon matta clark bronx floor. And jessamyn fiore independent curator and co director of the matta clark estate.

Bronx floors 1972 72 marks the beginning of matta clark s physical interventions on buildings in the bronx manhattan and brooklyn a process he and his friends called anarchitecture after cutting into the floors and ceilings of his chosen sites matta clark would remove the severed sections to the alternative gallery 112 greene street where the rectagular and l shaped pieces were exhibited either vertically on the floor or horizontally on trestles. Google arts culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the google cultural institute to bring the world s treasures online. Courtesy the bronx museum of the arts the most monumental of matta clark s work is saved for last as the final room contains photos diagrams and large.

Following the bronx museum presentation the exhibition will travel to the jeu de paume in paris france the kumu art museum in tallinn estonia and the rose art museum in waltham massachusetts.