{"product_id":"gordon-matta-clark-an-archival-sourcebook-hardcover","title":"Gordon Matta-Clark: An Archival Sourcebook - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon Matta-Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGwendolyn Owens\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Ursprung\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential reference that provides new understanding of the thought processes of one of the most radical artists of the late twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) has never been an easy artist to categorize or to explain. Although trained as an architect, he has been described as a sculptor, a photographer, an organizer of performances, and a writer of manifestos, but he is best known for \u003ci\u003eun-building\u003c\/i\u003e abandoned structures. In the brief span of his career, from 1968 to his early death in 1978, he created an oeuvre that has made him an enduring cult figure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2002, when Gordon Matta-Clark's widow, Jane Crawford, put his archive on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, it revealed a new voice in the ongoing discussion of artist\/architect Matta-Clark's work: his own. Gwendolyn Owens and Philip Ursprung's careful selection and ordering of letters, interviews, statements, and the now-famous art cards from the CCA as well as other sources deepens our understanding of one of the most original thinkers of his generation. \u003ci\u003eGordon Matta-Clark: An Archival Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e creates a multidimensional portrait that provides an opportunity for readers to explore and enjoy the complexity and contradiction that was Gordon Matta-Clark.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis archive reveals a palpable, living document not only of a formidable artist, but also of an electric era upon which the present stands.--Mary Jane Jacob, Professor and Director of the Institute for Curatorial Research and Practice, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and curator and editor of \u003ci\u003eGordon Matta-Clark: A Retrospective\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Anyone interested in Matta-Clark needs this book; no other volume makes such a wide selection of the archive available. In some real ways, Matta-Clark's career \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e the archive.\"--Frances Richard, author of \u003ci\u003eGordon Matta-Clark: Physical Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwendolyn Owens\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Visual Arts Collection at McGill University and former Consulting Curator of the Matta-Clark Archive at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Ursprung\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of the History of Art and Architecture in the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45805869433029,"sku":"9780520246997","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/WEhnQU9sd0hJR0NsYS9FZ1hPaDVBZz09.webp?v=1770912910","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/gordon-matta-clark-an-archival-sourcebook-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}