CAROLINE GOODDEN, GERRY HOVAGIMYAN
Idioma Español-Inglés. Gordon Matta-Clark, murió en 1978 con sólo 35 años y se ha convertido en una figura de culto del arte de finales del siglo XX. Nacido en Nueva York y formado en arquitectura en la Universidad de Cornell, pasó a cuestionar las convenciones de su ámbito a través de proyectos que perforaban o cortaban edificios existentes o cuestionaban la propiedad privada a través de la adquisición de callejones y aceras de Nueva York (Fake Estates). Su obra y sus palabras le han convertido, sin duda, en un ´artista de artistas,´ y la dimensión colosal de su trabajo le ha permitido llamar la atención del público y disfrutar de un afecto asentado en sus convicciones sociales y políticos. Este libro recoge cinco ensayos y diez entrevistas a diferentes amigos y familiares de Gordon Matta-Clark que sirven para esbozar un perfil biográfico y un análisis del período histórico en el que el artista desarrolló su corta pero exitosa trayectoria. Se incluye nuevos materiales y fotos inéditas, además de un link exclusivo con el documental ´Crosswords: Matta- Clark´s friends´ (2014) de Matias Cardone. Spanish-English edition. Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–78) died at only 35 of pancreatic cancer and has since become a cult figure of late 20th-century art. Trained in architecture at Cornell, he went on to question the field’s conventions in vivid projects?performance and recycling pieces, space and texture works and word games?some of which excised holes into existing buildings or assembled deeds to New York City alleys and curbs. The artist used a variety of media to document his work, including film, video and photography. His work and words, while sophisticated enough to make him an ´artist’s artist,´ and colossal and outgoing enough to draw public attention and affection, were always also grounded in social or political convictions. In the early 1970s, Matta-Clark developed the idea of ´anarchitecture,´ which encompassed his interest in voids, gaps and left-over spaces. Gordon Matta-Clark: Experience Becomes the Object collects five essays and ten individual interviews with various friends and family members of Matta-Clark’s. Together, they outline a biographical profile and offer an analysis of the historical period in which the artist developed his short but successful career. New, never-before-published material and photographs as well as an exclusive link to the documentary Crosswords: Matta-Clark’s Friends by Matias Cardone are also included.
