Gordon Matta-Clark : Conical intersect /
Saved in:
| Author / Creator: | Jenkins, Bruce, 1952- |
|---|---|
| Imprint: | London : Afterall Books ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distribution by the MIT Press, 2011. |
| Description: | 102 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | One work One work. |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8441675 |
| Summary: | Gordon Matta-Clark's Conical Intersect (1975) was a torqued, spiraling "cut" into two derelict seventeenth-century Paris buildings adjacent to the construction site of the controversial Centre Pompidou. With this landmark work of "anarchtecture," Matta-Clark not only opened up these venerable residences to light and air, he also began a dialogue about the nature of urban development and the public role of art. Considered three and a half decades later, Conical Intersect reveals the multivalent nature of the artist's practice and his prescient focus on sustainability and creative reuse of the built environment.<br> <br> Conical Intersect and the two buildings were demolished as part of a large-scale urban renovation of the historic market district of Les Halles; today we can know the work only from drawings, photographs, and a short Super 8 film. In this illustrated study, Bruce Jenkins examines Matta-Clark's "non-u-ment," looking closely at the artist's proposals, working process, various forms of documentation, and the dialogue begun by Matta-Clark's decision to transform two abandoned buildings "into an act of communication." |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 102 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-102). |
| ISBN: | 1846380723 9781846380730 1846380731 9781846380723 |
