Mar 18, 2018 gordon mattaclark pictured right, in 1975 folded urban decay into his art. Jul 03, 2018 if that isnt conceptual ephemeral art about cities in the style of gordon mattaclark, i dont know what is. Food is a short film directed by aritstphotographer robert frank about gordon mattaclark and carol gooddens conceptual restaurant. Bar laika is proud to present gordon mattaclarks film food 1972, 43 minutes. The whitney celebrates the lost public art of gordon matta. Lee considers it in the context of the art of the 1970sparticularly sitespecific, conceptual, and minimalist practicesand its confrontation with issues of community. Here, however, are the film works through which matta clark furthered his lifelong excavation of urban dwellings. The artist gordon mattaclark, who died in 1978 at age 35, loved to cook, but he could never quite unbraid his culinary passions from those of. Lee is professor of art history at stanford university and the author of object to be destroyed. Some of his bestknown projects involved laboriously cutting holes in the floors or walls of abandoned or soontobedemolished buildings or, as with. On time in the art of the 1960s, both published by the mit press. Sep 04, 2018 the work of gordon mattaclark, an artist best known for carving massive holes into derelict walls, has renewed symbolic power in todays political climate.
A retrospective of the art of gordon mattaclark at the whitney. Gordon mattaclarks art restaurant resurrected art agenda. The space between, by james attlee and lisa le feuvre. Gordon matta clark, scion and rebel, died at 35 in 1978 and has since become a cult figure of latetwentiethcentury art. This bibliography contains a list of books and selected journal articles by and about the work of. Indeed, even as a functioning restaurant, it embodied themes that would.
Estate of gordon matta clark ars, new york food was as much artwork as restaurant. Courtesy of the estate of gordon matta clark and david zwirner have you ever imagined taking a sledgehammer to a building, peeling back the. Images of the deconstruction of abandoned buildings and industrial structures are closely associated with anarchitect gordon mattaclark. This revealing book looks at the groundbreaking work of gordon mattaclark 19431978, whose socially conscious practice blurred the boundaries between contemporary art and architecture. Mattaclarks collaborators on food did not view it as a work of art, but he did. You are the measure whitney museum of american art.
Gordon mattaclark pictured right, in 1975 folded urban decay into his art. Mattaclarks thinking is reported by the sculptor joel shapiro, interviewed by joan simon in gordon mattaclark, ed. Jonathan weinberg, city cordoned anarchy in the piers from here. The whitneys gordon mattaclark retrospective, coming nearly 30 years after the artists death and 20 years since the last major museum show, was both long overdue and exactly on time. Feb 21, 2007 the artist gordon matta clark, who died in 1978 at age 35, loved to cook, but he could never quite unbraid his culinary passions from those of artmaking, with sometimes bizarre dinner party results.
How gordon mattaclark carved beauty out of new yorks urban. Images of the deconstruction of abandoned buildings and industrial structures are closely associated with anarchitect gordon matta clark. These have often been seen as an outright rejection of the architectural profession. Nov 29, 2017 how gordon mattaclark carved beauty out of new yorks urban blight. Courtesy of the estate of gordon mattaclark and david zwirner have you ever imagined taking. Food 1972 gordon mattaclarks restaurant directed by. Books held in the architectural association library will have the shelfmark noted. Sharp then encouraged gordon mattaclark to move to new york city where sharp continued to introduce him to members of the new york art world. Books by gordon mattaclark author of gordon mattaclark. Here, however, are the film works through which mattaclark furthered his lifelong excavation of urban dwellings. Gordon mattaclark, born in 1943 in new york, died in 1978 at the same place, was a conceptual artist best known for his socalled building cuts from the 1970s.
How gordon mattaclark took a chainsaw to 70s new york art. How gordon mattaclark saw the city the new republic. The work of gordon mattaclark, an artist best known for carving massive holes into derelict walls, has renewed symbolic power in todays political climate. People called him an urban alchemist, says jessamyn fiore, independent curator and codirector of the gordon mattaclark estate, and the coorganizer, with curator antonio sergio bessa, of gordon mattaclark. Anarchitect at the bronx museum of the arts explored how the artist s practice introduced radical ways of subverting urban architecture, beginning with the series of cuts he produced in the bronx in the early 1970s. Move ahead forty years and the citys debris is from new development. Prowling the streets of 1970s soho, new york city, equipped with a transgressive spirit and a kinetic mind, the artist gordon mattaclark in many ways hard to classify was firmly selfdefined as an urban creature. But in the early seventies, gordon mattaclark made transformative, transgressive art out of new yorks. The artist gordon mattaclark, who died in 1978 at age 35, loved to cook, but he could never quite unbraid his culinary passions from those of artmaking, with sometimes bizarre dinner party results. In honor of food, the restaurant which gordon matta clark established. A central figure in new yorks art scene in the 1970s, the sculptor and performer gordon mattaclark took.
Owned and operated by caroline goodden, food was designed and built largely by matta clark, who also organized art events and performances there. Nov 01, 2017 people called him an urban alchemist, says jessamyn fiore, independent curator and codirector of the gordon mattaclark estate, and the coorganizer, with curator antonio sergio bessa, of gordon mattaclark. Tina girouard, carol goodden, and gordon mattaclark in. This book is the first and definitive monograph on the artist, who died at the age of thirtyfive. The kinetic mind of conceptual artist gordon mattaclark. Gordon mattaclark, centre for contemporary art, glasgow. He worked in the 1970s on the borders between art and architecture and his diverse practice is often understood as an outright rejection of the tenets of high modernism. If that isnt conceptual ephemeral art about cities in the style of gordon mattaclark, i dont know what is. Galleristny reports that food s original artistturnedrestaurateurs tina girouard and carol gooden, who helped out at the restaurants 70s incarnation, will pitch in, with girouard offering the kind of soups food once served, while girouard pays tribute to a hog roast matta clark once served under the brooklyn bridge in 1971.
Mutation in space at the museum of modern art, tokyo. And in this respect, the phaidon book is very valuable. How gordon mattaclark carved beauty out of new yorks urban blight. Estate of gordon mattaclarkars, new york food was as much artwork as restaurant. This book is the first and definitive monograph on. Mattaclark seems particularly of the moment right now, and the reasons are not hard to guess. Food matta clark, gordon, muller, markus, ha, paul on. Food was considered one of the first important restaurants in soho. The rituals of food preparation and eating are the earliest signs of culture and civilisation.
Frieze recreates gordon mattaclarks food restaurant next week. Frances richard is the author of three books of poetry, coauthor of odd lots. Food was founded by artists carol goodden, tina girouard and gordon matta clark. Food was an important artistrun restaurant in soho, new york. Other individuals who were involved with food included suzanne harris and rachel lew. Follow gordon matta clark and explore their bibliography from s gordon matta clark author page. In honor of food, the restaurant which gordon mattaclark established in soho. Anarchitect, which opens at the bronx museum of the arts next week. The 20192020 out of the box exhibition series is dedicated to the works of trained architect and conceptual artist gordon mattaclark, whose writings, photographs, films, correspondence, and select artworks were produced between 1969 and 1978 and donated to the cca by the estate of gordon mattaclark in 2011. Gordon mattaclark doors, floors, doors paperback and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The optimism of 60s america has faded into cynicism and despair. Food mattaclark, gordon, muller, markus, ha, paul on.
Feb 23, 2007 in the 1974 silent color film that documents his brief antics atop the clocktower building in lower manhattan, gordon matta clark, wearing a black raincoat, black tights and white gloves, like a. Since 1998, the estate of gordon mattaclark has been represented by david zwirner. In honor of food, the restaurant which gordon mattaclark. Since 1998, the estate of gordon matta clark has been represented by david zwirner. Gordon mattaclark 19431978 is one of the great heroes of late twentiethcentury art, a cult figure as much in the contemporary art world as on the architecture scene, whose work is independent from any movement or school. Gordon mattaclarks notebooks, sketchbooks, address books. Founded in 1972 in the soho neighborhood of new york city, food brought together many factors of the local community, artists and otherwise, becoming a space for dialogue and conversation as well as a living piece in it of itself. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Mattaclarks work, museum, at klaus kertess bykert gallery, was listed and illustrated on pages 45 of avalanche 1, fall 1970. Born in new york and trained in architecture at cornell, he went on to question the fields conventions in vivid projects that excised holes into existing buildings or assembled deeds to new york city alleys and curbs. Tina girouard, carol goodden and gordon mattaclark in front of the closeddown bodega that would become their restaurant food, new york, 1971. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Sep 18, 2019 gordon matta clark, graffiti photoglyph, 1973. May 10, 20 a few months before the artists carol goodden and gordon matta clark opened their restaurantslashart installation, food, on the corner of prince and wooster streets in new york city in the fall of 1971, they roasted a pig beneath the brooklyn bridge.
On time in the art of the 1960s, forgetting the art world all published by the mit press and the glen park library. The gordon matta clark archive is held at the canadian centre for architecture in montreal, and includes the artists personal correspondence, notebooks, drawings, photographs, slides, films, as well as other archival material documenting his life and work. I love how he turned architecture into sculpture, by cutting holes in buildings or slicing them in half. Known for and even overshadowed by his brutal and spectacular building cuts, gordon matta clark s oeuvre is unique in the history of american art. The work of gordon mattaclark, paperback by lee, pamela m. Food documents the legendary soho restaurant and artists cooperative food, which opened in 1971. Series consists of gordon mattaclarks 19431978 drawings and sketches in bound volumes, his address books, and artists books, some of which are related to other works of art and some of which are for unrealized projects. The 20192020 out of the box exhibition series is dedicated to the works of trained architect and conceptual artist gordon mattaclark, whose writings, photographs, films, correspondence, and select artworks were produced between 1969 and 1978 and donated. I t couldnt happen today, not in such an expensive and securityconscious city.
A central figure in new yorks art scene in the 1970s, the sculptor and performer gordon matta clark took neglected urban spaces and turned them into public. Estate of gordon mattaclark yet, as with the verbal elements of his work, mattaclarks engagements with communally inhabited city spaces are more complicated and more subtle than can be accounted for by an exclusively stylistic interpretation, in which such interests drive his doings in aesthetic terms but remain distinct from politicsassuch. Oct 08, 2019 prowling the streets of 1970s soho, new york city, equipped with a transgressive spirit and a kinetic mind, the artist gordon mattaclark in many ways hard to classify was firmly selfdefined as an urban creature. The collaborative project anarchitecture 1974, however, demonstrates how the.
In honor of food, the restaurant which gordon mattaclark established in soho, new york, this publication is presented in the form of a restaurant menu, and documents the artists varied and imaginative work, including sculptures, film stills, and photos. Known for and even overshadowed by his brutal and spectacular building cuts, gordon mattaclarks oeuvre is unique in the history of american art. After completing a degree in architecture at cornell university, mattaclark returned to his home city of new york. The gordon mattaclark archive is held at the canadian centre for architecture in montreal, and includes the artists personal correspondence, notebooks, drawings, photographs, slides, films, as well as other archival material documenting his life and work. Gordon mattaclark and gerry hovagimyan working on conical intersect, 1975. How gordon mattaclark turned the ruins of 1970s new. Gordon mattaclark s most popular book is object to be destroyed.
His famed building cuts involved carefully cleaving through part or all of an abandoned structure, removing. A few months before the artists carol goodden and gordon mattaclark opened their restaurantslashart installation, food, on the corner of prince and wooster streets in new york city in the fall of 1971, they roasted a pig beneath the brooklyn bridge. In the 1974 silent color film that documents his brief antics atop the clocktower building in lower manhattan, gordon mattaclark, wearing a black raincoat, black tights and white gloves, like a. Material in this series was produced between 1969 and 1978. In honor of food, the restaurant which gordon matta clark established in soho, new york, this publication is presented in the form of a restaurant menu, and documents the artists varied and imaginative work, including sculptures, film stills, and photos. Owned and operated by caroline goodden, food was designed and built largely by mattaclark, who also organized art events and performances there. Gordon mattaclark, scion and rebel, died at 35 in 1978 and has since become a cult figure of latetwentiethcentury art. The show is curated by jessamyn fiore, a young playwright and curator whose mother is jane crawford, a filmmaker and mattaclarks widow. Revisiting gordon mattaclarks fake estates, and editor of joan jonas is on our mind and i stand in my place with my own day here. Gordon mattaclark has 17 books on goodreads with 244 ratings.
Gordon matta clark 19431978 is one of the great heroes of late twentiethcentury art, a cult figure as much in the contemporary art world as on the architecture scene, whose work is independent from any movement or school. Lee is carnegie professor of modern and contemporary art at yale university and the author of object to be destroyed. June 22, 1943 august 27, 1978 was an american artist best known for his sitespecific artworks he made in the 1970s. Food was founded by artists carol goodden, tina girouard and gordon mattaclark. Galleristny reports that foods original artistturnedrestaurateurs tina girouard and carol gooden, who helped out at the restaurants 70s incarnation, will pitch in, with girouard offering the kind of soups food once served, while girouard pays tribute to a hog roast mattaclark once served under the brooklyn bridge in 1971. At one, recalled his widow, jane crawford, he cooked a lovely whole sea bass, but it emerged from. The dilemmas of gordon mattaclark, to cite the title of liza bears celebrated 1976 interview with the artist, were not entirely of his own making. In this first critical account of mattaclarks work, pamela m. Gordon mattaclark born gordon roberto echaurren matta. Gordon mattaclarks antiestablishment suspicion of the worlds of art and architecture, illustrated by his involvement in the anarchitecture group, led to some of the most innovative works of conceptual art of the 20th century. Food is a short film directed by aritstphotographer robert frank about gordon matta clark and carol gooddens conceptual restaurant.
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