biography of Gordon MATTA-CLARK (1943-1978)

Personal data


Birth : 3/1943 - New York NY New York, United States
Death : 1978 - New York NY New York, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Representatives

David Zwirner, Inc – 525 West 19th str. – New York NY, United States
Holly Solomon Gallery – Chelsea Hotel, Room 425 222 West 23rd Street – New York NY, United States


Education

1962 – 1963 : Université Paris Sorbonne (Literature) – Paris, France
1963 – 1968 : Cornell University (Architecture) – 410 Thurston Avenue – Ithaca NY, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Photography : Black & white photograph - Cibachrome print
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Film - Video

Works

Office Baroque
Date of creation : 1977
Medium : Cibachrome print
 
Conical Intersect
Date of creation : 1975
Medium : Cibachrome print
Size : 40 x 30 inch
 
Splitting
Date of creation : 1974
Medium : Plastic
Supports : wood
Size : 102 x 153 cm
 
Reality Properties: Fake Estates, Little Alley Block 2497, Lot 42
Date of creation : 1974
Medium : Photograph
 
Splitting
Date of creation : 1974
Medium : Black & white photograph
Size : 30 x 40 inch
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

The film
Galerie Thomas Schulte – Berlin, Germany
06/2003 – 07/2003

Gordon Matta-Clark: the Space Between
CCA Centre for Contemporary Arts – Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
01/2003

2002

Gordon Matta-Clark: Drawings
Zwirner & Wirth – New York NY, United States
2002

A W-Hole House and Selected Drawings
David Zwirner, Inc – New York NY, United States
01/10/2002 – 02/16/2002

2000

Dessins / Photographies et tous les Films
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie – Paris, France
2000

1996

Selected Films and Videos
Dia Center for the Arts – New York NY, United States
1996

Lance Fung Gallery – New York NY, United States
11/08/1996 – 12/21/1996

1993

IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern/Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno – Valencia, Spain
1993

1989

Drawings
Holly Solomon Gallery – New York NY, United States
1989

1987

Gordon Matta-Clark: A Retrospective
Kunsthalle Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
1987

1985

Gordon Matta-Clark: A Retrospective
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1985

1978

Circus-The Caribbean Orange
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1978

1974

Photoglyphs
ARC Animation, Recherche, Confrontation – Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – Paris, France
1974

1971

Clockshower
Clocktower Gallery – New York NY, United States
1971

1961

Rope Bridge
Cornell University – Ithaca NY, United States
1961

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Florence Loewy – 46 avenue René Coty – Paris, France

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : David Zwirner, Inc – 525 West 19th str. – New York NY, United States

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Thomas Schulte – Mommsenstrasse 56 – Berlin, Germany

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States

Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Thomas Schulte – Mommsenstrasse 56 – Berlin, Germany

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Thomas Schulte – Mommsenstrasse 56 – Berlin, Germany

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Thomas Schulte – Mommsenstrasse 56 – Berlin, Germany

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Thomas Schulte – Mommsenstrasse 56 – Berlin, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer – Düsseldorferstrasse 6 – Düsseldorf, Germany

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galerie Franck + Schulte – Mommsenstrasse, 56 – Berlin, Germany

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States


Group exhibitions

2005

Expérience de la durée – 8ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
09/12/2005 – 12/31/2005

2004

U-topia, ¿uvres photographiques
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Centre – Orleans, France
05/28/2004 – 07/30/2004

2003

Catastrofi Minime
MAN Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro – Nuoro, Italy
12/05/2003 – 02/29/2004

Architectures
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Limousin – Limoges, France
11/20/2003 – 12/18/2003

Qu’est-ce que la photo-sculpture ? Sténopés, photogrammes et moulages
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Limousin – Limoges, France
01/17/2003 – 03/29/2003

2002

French Collection – Rien ne presse / Slow and Steady / Festina Lente – 2ème épisode
MAMCO Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Geneva GE, Switzerland
11/01/2002 – 01/19/2003

Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002

Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Sciences, Religion and Art
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/04/2002 – 08/04/2002

From the Observatory
Paula Cooper Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/16/2002 – 04/20/2002

Premiers mouvements – Fragiles correspondances
Le Plateau – FRAC d’Ile de France – Paris, France
03/07/2002 – 06/01/2002

2001

Project : Film and Video
Pittville Pump Room – Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
10/12/2001 – 10/25/2001

2000

The End : An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture 1982-2000
Exit Art / The First World – New York NY, United States
01/29/2000 – 04/01/2000

1998

Destroyer – Creator
John Weber Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/28/1998 – 04/25/1998

Interiority / Exteriority: Photographs
Galerie Lelong New York – New York NY, United States
01/07/1998 – 02/08/1998

1997

Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997

1972

Documenta 5 – Befragung der Realität-Bildwelten heute
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/30/1972 – 10/08/1972

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2000

Collection Lambert en Avignon – Beaux-Arts Collection
Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2842783492


Monographies

2000

Object to Be Destroyed: The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark
Publisher: MIT Press – Cambridge MA, United States
Author: Lee Pamela M.
2000


Periodicals

2002

LE FEUVRE Lisa – The W-Hole Story
in: Art Monthly n° 255 p. 12
London, United Kingdom
04/2002

1998

ZEVI Adachiara – The Meteor Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitecture as Action Architecture
in: L¿Architettura n° 513-514 p. 473
Rome, Italy
07/1998-08/1998

Legals