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