Gordon Matta-Clark

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Gordon Matta-Clark was an American artist and architect best known for his radical “building cuts,” in which he sliced and removed sections of existing structures to create large-scale, site-specific works.

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instanceOf architect
artist
person
activeIn New York City art scene
activePeriod 1970s
artisticMedium architecture
film
installation
photography
associatedConcept social critique through architecture
birthDate 1943-06-22
birthPlace New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer
coFounded Anarchitecture group NERFINISHED
Food (restaurant) NERFINISHED
deathDate 1978-08-27
deathPlace New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
education Cornell University NERFINISHED
familyName Matta-Clark NERFINISHED
field architecture
contemporary art
fullName Gordon Roberto Matta-Clark NERFINISHED
givenName Gordon NERFINISHED
influenced architectural theorists
contemporary installation artists
influencedBy Roberto Matta NERFINISHED
knownFor anarchitecture
building cuts
site-specific interventions in architecture
movement conceptual art
postminimalism NERFINISHED
site-specific art
nationality American
notableWork Bingo NERFINISHED
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Day’s End NERFINISHED
Office Baroque NERFINISHED
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Window Blow-Out NERFINISHED
parent Anne Clark NERFINISHED
Roberto Matta NERFINISHED
sibling Sebastian Matta-Clark NERFINISHED
studied architecture
technique cutting and removing sections of buildings
workType interventions in existing buildings
large-scale site-specific works

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