ROUGH CUTS AND OUTTAKES
GORDON MATTA-CLARK
Curated by Hila Peleg
September 27, 2019 - January 9, 2020
The exhibition is dedicated to the works of trained architect and conceptual artist Gordon Matta-Clark whose writings, photographs, films, correspondence, and selected artworks were produced between 1969 and 1978. They were donated to the CCA by the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark in 2011.
Structured as a study in three acts, this series of exhibitions invites three guest curators from different curatorial backgrounds ranging from contemporary art, film and archival research, to social practice studies, to explore Gordon Matta-Clark’s critical practice within the architectural scene of the time. His architectural deconstruction performing pieces are a direct social statement and a pointed comment huge industrial and residential complexes that were condemned to be demolished. His works were fleeting. They existed only for a very short time and than destroyed by the demolishion crews.
It is the second exhibition of this Out of the Box series. It showcases Gordon Matta-Clark’s filmmaking process through a selection of outtakes, many largely unseen until now, drawn from Matta-Clark’s documentation of three of his major building cuts (SPLITTING, DAY’S END, and CONICAL INTERSECT). Additionally a fourth section is presented at the exhibition entitled FOOD which depicts the community restaurant conceived by Matta-Clark and ran by his supporters and friends.
The exhibition, which is being held at the CCA Octagonal gallery, reveals the broader social and spatial context of Matta-Clark’s projects.
Structured as a study in three acts, this series of exhibitions invites three guest curators from different curatorial backgrounds ranging from contemporary art, film and archival research, to social practice studies, to explore Gordon Matta-Clark’s critical practice within the architectural scene of the time. His architectural deconstruction performing pieces are a direct social statement and a pointed comment huge industrial and residential complexes that were condemned to be demolished. His works were fleeting. They existed only for a very short time and than destroyed by the demolishion crews.
It is the second exhibition of this Out of the Box series. It showcases Gordon Matta-Clark’s filmmaking process through a selection of outtakes, many largely unseen until now, drawn from Matta-Clark’s documentation of three of his major building cuts (SPLITTING, DAY’S END, and CONICAL INTERSECT). Additionally a fourth section is presented at the exhibition entitled FOOD which depicts the community restaurant conceived by Matta-Clark and ran by his supporters and friends.
The exhibition, which is being held at the CCA Octagonal gallery, reveals the broader social and spatial context of Matta-Clark’s projects.
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The Gordon Matta-Clark Collection can also be studied online. Visit the online finding aid for personal reference.
Read about the first Gordon Matta-Clark exhibition in this series here.
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