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. A look back at the restaurant food by gordon matta clark and carol goodden. June 22, 1943 august 27, 1978 was an american artist best known for his sitespecific artworks he made in the 1970s. 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. Dec 05, 2016 everything matta clark did was art, including cooking and eating. May 10, 20 tina girouard, carol goodden and gordon matta clark outside food, before its opening in 1971. Other individuals who were involved with food included suzanne harris and rachel lew. Mar 18, 2018 gordon mattaclark pictured right, in 1975 folded urban decay into his art. Everything mattaclark did was art, including cooking and eating. His twin brother sebastian, also an artist, committed suicide in 1976. Nov 09, 2007 we also still have the beautiful art book published by phaidon press about gordon mattaclark for sale at our gallery please feel free to drop in and purchase a copy. Gordon matta clark is the author of gordon matta clark 4.
Captionless, the architectural slicing and dicing of gordon mattaclark building cuts are as visceral today as they were in the 1970s. A pivotal figure in the postminimalist generation who was also the son of a prominent surrealist, mattaclark was a leader in the downtown artists community in new york in the 1970s, and is widely seen as a pioneer of. 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. These have often been seen as an outright rejection of the architectural profession. Gordon mattaclark was an american artist and architect known for his largescale projects. Gordon mattaclarks art restaurant resurrected art agenda. 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. Bringing a poets perspective to an artists archive, this highly original book examines wordplay in the art and thought of american artist gordon mattaclark 19431978.
After completing a degree in architecture at cornell university, mattaclark returned to his home city of new york. The years have not intellectually weighted down his work as timepieces. Anarchitect, which opens at the bronx museum of the arts next week. In this first critical account of matta clark s work, pamela m. Dec 15, 2012 laurie anderson trisha brown and gordon matta clark pioneers of the downtown scene new york 1970 duration. The photos have been recolored with yellow, green, blue. Food documents the legendary soho restaurant and artists cooperative food, which opened in 1971. Jessamyn fiore curator, author nicholas olsberg director of the gordon mattaclark archive thursday, november 7 2. Gordon mattaclark 194378 died at only 35 of pancreatic cancer and has since become a cult figure of late 20thcentury art. That mans cousin was the artist gordon mattaclark, the subject of a sharp and splendid new show titled gordon mattaclark.
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. 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. Since 1998, the estate of gordon mattaclark has been represented by david zwirner. Food was an important artistrun restaurant in soho, new york. Mar 03, 2007 the gordon matta clark retrospective at the whitney museum of american art should be required viewing for any architect born in the age of the computer screen. Trained in architecture at cornell, he went on to question the fields conventions in vivid projectsperformance and recycling pieces, space and texture works and word gamessome of which excised holes into existing buildings or assembled deeds to new york city. Owned and operated by caroline goodden, food was designed and built largely by mattaclark, who also organized art events and performances there. In 1971, inspired by their dinner party scene and the lack of eateries in soho, mattaclark, his then girlfriend caroline goodden, and artist tina girouard opened food, an artist run restaurant on prince and wooster streets. This revealing book looks at the groundbreaking work of gordon mattaclark 19431978, whose socially conscious practice blurred the boundaries between contemporary art and architecture. Bringing ideas about urbanism, property, and community to bear on mattaclarks work, but never losing sight of its specificity as an aesthetic practice, object to be destroyed is a.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Gordon mattaclark, scion and rebel, died at 35 in 1978 and has since become a cult figure of latetwentiethcentury art. Anne clark, an american artist, and roberto matta, a chilean surrealist. A look back at the soho restaurant food by carol goodden and gordon mattaclark in the early 1970s, a place for the artist colony to eat and share.
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. A look back at the soho restaurant food by carol goodden and gordon mattaclark in the early a place for the artist colony to eat and share. Gordon mattaclark december 1st to 19th thisisnotashop is proud to present the first exhibition in ireland of new york conceptual artist gordon mattaclark. Frieze recreates gordon mattaclarks food restaurant next week. The gordon mattaclark retrospective at the whitney museum of american art should be required viewing for any architect born in the age of the computer screen. Property, mattaclark seemed to be saying, can have its own metabolism again, the food analogy. Lee considers it in the context of the art of the 1970sparticularly sitespecific, conceptual, and minimalist practicesand its confrontation with issues of community, property, the alienation of urban space, the right to the city, and the ideologies of progress that have defined modern building programs. Gordon matta clark, scion and rebel, died at 35 in 1978 and has since become a cult figure of latetwentiethcentury art.
How gordon mattaclark turned the ruins of 1970s new york. Food was founded by artists carol goodden, tina girouard and gordon matta clark. And, as thoroughly explored by frances richard in her ample new book, gordon mattaclark. Trained as an architect and best known for his building cuts, in which he incised large geometric voids into condemned structures, mattaclark also produced films, ephemeral sculptures, performances and a restaurant. Move ahead forty years and the citys debris is from new development. 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 is the author of gordon mattaclark 4. Anarchy and architecture gordon mattaclark in the bronx. The restaurant, essentially the first in soho, was run by artists and served mostly artists, with the cooking itself becoming a performance of sorts. Its use changes, along with its value, depending on what we choose to make of it. A look back at the restaurant food by gordon mattaclark and carol goodden. 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. In what could be understood as a book form analogue for his largescale anarchitectural practice, gordon mattaclark created this work from blackandwhite photographs of exposed wallpaper and wall paint in halfdemolished bronx tenements. Information from wikipedia, made available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license.
Tina girouard, carol goodden and gordon mattaclark outside food, before its opening in 1971. 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 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. Food was founded by artists carol goodden, tina girouard and gordon mattaclark.
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. 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. The show is curated by jessamyn fiore, a young playwright and curator whose mother is jane crawford, a filmmaker and mattaclarks widow. Mattaclarks work, museum, at klaus kertess bykert gallery, was listed and illustrated on pages 45 of avalanche 1, fall 1970. Gordon mattaclark art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Bar laika is proud to present gordon mattaclarks film food 1972, 43 minutes. In this first critical account of mattaclarks work, pamela m. In 1971, inspired by their dinner party scene and the lack of eateries in soho, matta clark, his then girlfriend caroline goodden, and artist tina girouard opened food, an artist run restaurant on prince and wooster streets. Open house books online at best prices in india from. Stephen walker argues instead for the artists ambivalent relationship. Gordon mattaclark 19431978, who trained originally as an architect, is best known for his spectacular building cuts. A pivotal figure in the postminimalist generation who was also the son of a prominent surrealist, mattaclark was a leader in the downtown artists community in new.
The kinetic mind of conceptual artist gordon mattaclark. In honor of food, the restaurant which gordon matta clark established. Gordon mattaclark born gordon roberto echaurren matta. At one, recalled his widow, jane crawford, he cooked a lovely whole sea bass, but it emerged from. 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. In honor of food, the restaurant which gordon mattaclark established in soho. Anne clark, an american artist, and roberto matta, a chilean surrealist painter, of basque, french and spanish descent. The space between, by james attlee and lisa le feuvre. 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. We also still have the beautiful art book published by phaidon press about gordon mattaclark for sale at our gallery please feel free to drop in and purchase a copy. Gordon mattaclark was an american artist best known for his sitespecific artworks he made in the 1970s.
Known for and even overshadowed by his brutal and spectacular building cuts, gordon mattaclarks oeuvre is unique in the history of american art. Jonathan weinberg, city cordoned anarchy in the piers from here. Gordon mattaclark art monographs and museum exhibition. Dec 12, 20 a look back at the soho restaurant food by carol goodden and gordon matta clark in the early 1970s, a place for the artist colony to eat and share. Press articles about gordon mattaclark david zwirner.
Anarchitect at the bronx museum of art gordon mattaclark working on conical intersect, his installation at the paris biennale in 1975, for which he drilled a telescopelike hole so people could peer inside two derelict 17thcentury houses. Gordon mattaclark pictured right, in 1975 folded urban decay into his art. Gordon matta clark was an american artist best known for his sitespecific artworks he made in the 1970s. Mattaclarks thinking is reported by the sculptor joel shapiro, interviewed by joan simon in gordon mattaclark, ed. The collaborative project anarchitecture 1974, however, demonstrates how the language of modernism, particularly the polemical and. Open house online of indias largest online book store, only genuine products. Owned and operated by caroline goodden, food was designed and built largely by matta clark, who also organized art events and performances there. Food was considered one of the first important restaurants in soho.
Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. He worked in the 1970s on the boarders between art and architecture and his diverse practice is often understood as an outright rejection of the tenets of high modernism. Mattaclark was born in new york in june 1943 to the american artist anne clark and the chilean surrealist painter roberto matta, and his boyhood was spent surrounded. 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. Feb 23, 2007 property, matta clark seemed to be saying, can have its own metabolism again, the food analogy. This book is the first comprehensive study of gordon mattaclark, an artist who personifies the radically inventive and interrogative spirit of art in the 1970s. Since 1998, the estate of gordon matta clark has been represented by david zwirner. A look back at the soho restaurant food by carol goodden and gordon matta clark in the early a place for the artist colony to eat and share. Gordon mattaclark 1943 1978 was one of the most influential artists of his generation, and was also the brainchild behind the infamous bone meal in 1971 at the artistrun food restaurant in. In honor of food, the restaurant which gordon mattaclark. Laurie anderson trisha brown and gordon mattaclark pioneers of the downtown scene new york 1970 duration. Posted in art, food, photo with tags gordon mattaclark on november 12, 2014 by dylan thomas hayden tina girouard, carol goodden, and gordon mattaclark in front of food restaurant, prince street at wooster street, new york, 1971. 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.
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