Gordon Matta Clark Photography
Moving back to new york matta clark experimented with both food and photography as well as documenting the burgeoning graffiti scene and the sewers and subways of the city.
Gordon matta clark photography. Gordon matta clark born gordon roberto echaurren matta. Matta clark used a number of media to document his work including film video and photography. From 1963 to 1968 he attended cornell university to study architecture.
The act evoked both his own and the universal disintegration of the family. The 10 years of gordon matta clark will trace the artists radical approach to art making from 1968 to 1978 through more than four hundred drawings photo works films and archival documents. Accompanying photographs depict the resulting work as a bizarre vertiginous visual experience.
The artist tragically died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 35 on august 27 1978 in new york ny. Gordon matta clark american 19431978. June 22 1943 august 27 1978 was an american artist best known for his site specific artworks he made in the 1970s.
He is considered among the most prominent artists of 1970s. For splitting 1974 matta clark carved through the various floors of a typical suburban house in new jersey splitting it in two. His parents belonged to the art world as well as his brother who committed suicide two years before matta clarks death.
About this artwork currently off view photography and media artist gordon matta clark title photo fry origin united states date made 1969 medium internal dye diffusion transfer print dimensions 86 114 05 cm image. 357 282 37 cm bo.