{"product_id":"gordon-mattaclark-9780520280267","title":"Gordon MattaClark","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essential reference that provides new understanding of the thought processes of one of the most radical artists of the late twentieth century.    Gordon Matta-Clark (19431978) 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 un-building 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.     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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Artist’s Voice: Writings by Gordon Matta-Clark\u003cbr\u003e Transformations: A Brief Biography of Gordon Matta-Clark\u003cbr\u003e A Note to the Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1969–1970 \u003cbr\u003e Transcription of Audiotaped Interview with Art Critic Cindy Nemser, July 1970\u003cbr\u003e Transcription of Audiotaped Interview with Art Critic Cindy Nemser, “Seeing Who\u003cbr\u003e You Really Are,” September 1970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1971 \u003cbr\u003e Letter to Roberto Matta in Paris from New York, April 1, 1971\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Reverend Moody in New York from New York, April 25, 1971\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Curator Mary Delahoyd at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, ca. April 1971\u003cbr\u003e Vassar Exhibition Text, 1971\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Harold Stern at the Department of Real Estate, New York City, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, July 10, 1971\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Rockland Colloid Corporation in Piedmont, New York, from New York, [n.d.—1971]\u003cbr\u003e A Matta’s Proposal, New York, August 1, 1971\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Alfred Pacquement at the Biennale de Paris, from New York, September 22, 1971\u003cbr\u003e Cherry Tree, Draft, [n.d.—1971]\u003cbr\u003e Cherry Tree—Published Version\u003cbr\u003e Draft of a Text for the Contrabienal Catalogue from Gordon Matta-Clark’s Notebook\u003cbr\u003e Edges, [n.d.—1971]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in New York from South America, December 19, 1971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1972\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in New York from South America, January 14, 1972\u003cbr\u003e Selections from the Food Film Notebook, Spring 1972\u003cbr\u003e Plans to Break, [n.d.—1972]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1973 \u003cbr\u003e Letter to Roberto Matta in Paris from New York (April 1973)\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in Paris from New York, October 6, 1973\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in New York from Amsterdam, December 2, 1973\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in New York from Amsterdam, December 3, 1973\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Richard Nonas in New York from Amsterdam, December 5, 1973\u003cbr\u003e Anarchitecture Letter Part 1 to Carol Goodden in New York from Amsterdam,\u003cbr\u003e December 10, 1973\u003cbr\u003e Anarchitecture Letter Part 2 to Carol Goodden in New York from Amsterdam,\u003cbr\u003e December 10, 1973\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in New York from Amsterdam, [n.d.—December 1973]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1974\u003cbr\u003e Interview with Liza Bear, May 21 and 25, 1974\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in New York from Niagara Falls, New York, August 1974\u003cbr\u003e Untitled Statement on Bingo, [n.d.—1974]\u003cbr\u003e Second Untitled Statement on Bingo, [n.d.—1974]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Margot Wellington, Downtown Brooklyn Development Association, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, [n.d.—1974]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Roberto Matta in Paris from New York, January 10, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Salvatore Ala in Milan from New York, [January 1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Douglass Chrismas in Los Angeles from New York, January 16, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to James Harithas at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas, from New\u003cbr\u003e York, January 16, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Warren Wechsler at the Economic Development Agency in New York\u003cbr\u003e from New York, January 16, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Robert Lendenfrost at the Art and Design Program, World Trade Center,\u003cbr\u003e New York, from New York, January 16, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Lauren Ewing at the Williams College Museum, Williamstown, Massachusetts,\u003cbr\u003e from New York, January 17, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Germano Celant in Milan from New York, January 17, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Pontus Hulten, Director of the Future at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris,\u003cbr\u003e from New York\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Rockwell International in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e January 17, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to New York State Council on the Arts from New York, January 17, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artists Robert Rauschenberg and Rob Peterson in Florida from New York,\u003cbr\u003e January 20, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to James Harithas at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, January 21, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Sidney Lewis at Best Products, in Ashland, Virginia, from New York, January 21,\u003cbr\u003e 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Robert Lendenfrost in the Art and Design Program, World Trade Center, New York,\u003cbr\u003e from New York, January 21, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Bob Murdock at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas, from New York, January\u003cbr\u003e 21, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Doris Friedman at City Walls, Inc., in New York from New York, January 25, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Harris Rosenstein at Rice University in Houston, Texas, from New York, January 25,\u003cbr\u003e 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Claire Copley in Los Angeles from New York, January 26, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Dave Creigh in Coronado, California, from New York, [n.d.—January 1975?]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Art Consultant Ruth Hollander in New York from New York, January 26, 1975\u003cbr\u003e 64391int.\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Wolfgang Becker in Aachen, West Germany, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e January 27, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Frederica Hunter at Texas Gallery in Houston, Texas, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e January 27, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Freddie Loizeaux at Controlled Demolition in Towson, Maryland, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e January 27, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Developer Melvyn Kauffman in New York from New York, January 31, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Urban Planner Ron Shiffman at Pratt Center in Brooklyn, New York, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, February 4, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Jim Roche in Tallahassee, Florida, from New York, February 10, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Landscape Architect Russell Dupuis in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e February 10, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Ira Licht at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, from New York, February\u003cbr\u003e 10, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Anita O’Neil at Creative Time in New York from New York, February 10, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to the Advertising Department at Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. from New York,\u003cbr\u003e February 23, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Interview with Art Critic and Architect Donald Wall), [n.d.—1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Steve Rother, Revenue Collection, Newark, New Jersey, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e March 2, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Art Critic and Architect Don Wall from Central America, April 2, [1975]\u003cbr\u003e Work with Abandoned Structures, [n.d.—1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Frederica Hunter and Ian at Texas Gallery from New York, April 30, [1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Jim Harithas at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e April 30, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Helga Retzer at Amerika Haus in Berlin from New York, May 5, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Walter Hopps at the National Collection of Fine Arts in Washington, DC, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, May 5, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Georges Boudaille at the Biennale de Paris from New York, [n.d.—1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Marilyn Lubetkin at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, May 15, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Curator Nina Felshin in Washington, DC, from New York, [June 1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Wolfgang Becker at the Neue Galerie in Aachen, West Germany, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, [n.d.—1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Claire S. Copley in Los Angeles from New York, June 20, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Paolo Minetti and Clotilde at Galeriaforma in Genoa from New York,\u003cbr\u003e June 26, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Salvatore Ala in Milan from New York, June 26, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Curator Nina Felshin in Washington, DC, from New York, June 30, [1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Architect Will Alsop in London, England, from New York, July 2, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Dale Chihuly at the Rhode Island School of Design from New York,\u003cbr\u003e [n.d.—1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Representative John M. Murphy in Staten Island from New York, July 2, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Helga Retzer at Amerika Hause, Berlin, West Germany, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e [n.d.—after May 5, 1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Georges Boudaille at the Biennale de Paris from New York, July 30, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Paolo Minetti at Galeriaforma in Milan from New York, July 31, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Frederica Hunter and Ian at Texas Gallery from New York, August 12, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Malitte Matta in Paris from New York, August 13, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Jorard Piltzer in Paris from New York, August 18, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Curator Jean-Hubert Martin in Paris from New York, August 18, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Salvatore Ala in Milan from New York, August 19, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Helga Retzer at America Haus in Berlin from Paris, September 7, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Paolo Minetti at Galeriaforma in Milan from Paris, September 7, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Wolfgang Becker at Neue Gallery in Aachen, West Germany, from Paris,\u003cbr\u003e September 8, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Anne Alpert and Batan in New York from Paris, September 27, 1975\u003cbr\u003e [postmarked October 19]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Susan Ensley in New York from Paris, October 9, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Anne Alpert and Batan in New York from Paris, October 18, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Malitte Matta in Paris from Milan, Italy, October 31, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in New York from Milan, November 10, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Don Foresta at the American Cultural Center, Paris, from Milan,\u003cbr\u003e [n.d.—November 1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Paolo Minetti at Galeriaforma in Milan [n.d.—Fall 1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Helga Retzer at Amerika Haus in Berlin, West Germany, from Milan,\u003cbr\u003e [November 1975]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Mabou Mines Founders Lee and Ruth Breuer in New York from Paris,\u003cbr\u003e December 1, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Jerry Clapsaddle at SUNY, Oneonta, New York, from Milan,\u003cbr\u003e December 1, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Franco Toselli in Milan from Milan, December 2, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Attorney Jerry Ordover in New York from Rome, December 4, 1975\u003cbr\u003e In Defense of Pier 52, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Gordon Matta-Clark, a Film by Marc Petitjean\u003cbr\u003e Biography, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Etant d’art locataire, Beaubourg, 1975\u003cbr\u003e Works by Gordon Matta-Clark at Gallery Ala, [n.d.—1975]\u003cbr\u003e Proposal to the Workers of Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, 1975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Paula Hutchings at UCLA from New York, January 23, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Monette Repriels at Galerie Vega in Liege, Belgium, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e February 2, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Architect Franco Raggi in Milan from New York, February 2, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Salvatore Ala in Milan from New York, February 2, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Wolfgang Becker at Neue Galerie in Aachen, West Germany, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e February 2, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Georges Boudaille at the Biennale de Paris from New York, February 2, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to K. J. Geirlandt at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgium, from\u003cbr\u003e New York, February 2, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Yvon Lambert at Galerie Yvon Lambert from New York, February 2, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Don Foresta at the Centre Culturel Américain in Paris from New York,\u003cbr\u003e March 3, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to UCLA Professor Bill Mitchell in Venice, California, from New York, [n.d—1976]\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Architect Franco Raggi in Milan from New York, April 1, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Dennis Wendling at the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority from\u003cbr\u003e New York, April 20, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to James McCarthy at the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority from\u003cbr\u003e New York, April 20, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Jim Morton, Dean of St. John the Divine, New York, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e April 20, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Peter Campus at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e [n.d.—Spring 1976]\u003cbr\u003e Additional Statements for Donald Wall’s Article\u003cbr\u003e Donald Wall, “Gordon Matta-Clark’s Building Dissections,” Arts Magazine\u003cbr\u003e (May 1976), 74–79\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Wieslaw Borowski at Galeria Foksai in Warsaw, Poland, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e June 10, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Wolfgang Becker at Neue Gallery in Aachen, West Germany, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e June 10, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Industrialist Emilio Rebora in Genoa, Italy, from New York, June 10, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Yvon Lambert at Galerie Lambert in Paris from New York, June 10, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Monette Repriels at Galerie Vega in Liege, Belgium, from New York,\u003cbr\u003e June 10, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Collector Sylvio Perlstein in Antwerp, Belgium, from New York, July 14, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Salvatore Ala in Milan from New York, July 14, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Helga Retzer at Amerika Haus in Berlin from New York, July 14, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Paolo Minetti at Galeriaforma in Genoa from New York, July 27, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Director Florent Bex in Antwerp from New York, July 28, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Ruth Garcia at Adopt A Building in New York from New York, July 29, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Nina Felshin, Director of U. S. A. for the 1977 Biennale de Paris in\u003cbr\u003e Washington, DC, from New York, August 2, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to J. W. McCarthy at the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority from\u003cbr\u003e New York, August 25, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to James McCarthy at the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority from\u003cbr\u003e New York, ca. Fall 1976\u003cbr\u003e A Resource Center and Environmental Youth Program for Loisaida: Guggenheim\u003cbr\u003e Fellowship Proposal by Gordon Matta-Clark, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Artist Carol Goodden in New York from Berlin, West Germany,\u003cbr\u003e October 6, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Monsieur Diamy at the Service de l’information et Relations Publiques in Paris\u003cbr\u003e from Berlin, West Germany, October 7, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Anne Alpert in New York from Berlin, West Germany, October 16, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Berlin Wall Idea: If We Follow the Wall, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Gallerist Salvatore Ala in Milan from New York, December 12, 1976\u003cbr\u003e Press Release for Substrate, 1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402867646807,"sku":"9780520280267","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520280267.jpg?v=1730481726","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gordon-mattaclark-9780520280267","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}