Gordon Matta-Clark

(American, 1943–1978)

Gordon Matta-Clark was an American artist and architect known for his large-scale projects. Dealing with themes of metamorphosis and resistance towards the commodification of art, Matta-Clark produced interventions in architectural structures he called “anarchitecture.” The most famous of these was Splitting (1974), an intervention in which the artist sawed out a gaping vertical segment from the middle of a wood-frame house in suburban New Jersey. “By undoing a building [I] open a state of enclosure which has been preconditioned not only by physical necessity but by the industry that proliferates suburban and urban boxes as a pretext for ensuring a passive, isolated consumer,” he once explained. Born on June 22, 1943 in New York, NY, his father was the artist Roberto Matta and his godmother was Marcel Duchamp’s wife Teeny Duchamp. He went on to study architecture at Cornell University from 1963 to 1968, where he met Robert Smithson who along with Dennis Oppenheim influenced his interest in using non-art materials. Moving back to New York, Matta-Clark experimented with both food and photography as well as documenting the burgeoning graffiti-scene and the sewers and subways of the city. The artist tragically died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 35 on August 27, 1978 in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, among others.

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Gordon Matta-Clark (126 results)
Office Baroque, 1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office Baroque, 1977

Sale Date: February 8, 2007

Auction Closed

Office baroque, 1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office baroque, 1977

Sale Date: November 17, 2006

Auction Closed

Office Baroque series (Montage of three..., 1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office Baroque series (Montage of three..., 1977

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

Auction Closed

A w-hole house: Rooftop atrium - in 15 parts , 1973

Gordon Matta-Clark

A w-hole house: Rooftop atrium - in 15 parts , 1973

Sale Date: June 22, 2006

Auction Closed

Splitting: Exterior (in 6 parts), 1974

Gordon Matta-Clark

Splitting: Exterior (in 6 parts), 1974

Sale Date: May 5, 2006

Auction Closed

Office Baroque, 1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office Baroque, 1977

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

Auction Closed

Office Baroque, 1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office Baroque, 1977

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

Auction Closed

Conical intersect, 1975

Gordon Matta-Clark

Conical intersect, 1975

Sale Date: November 11, 2005

Auction Closed

Office Baroque (triptych), 1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office Baroque (triptych), 1977

Sale Date: November 9, 2005

Auction Closed

Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium, 1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium, 1977

Sale Date: October 25, 2005

Auction Closed

Doors, through and through (Or Doors,..., 1976

Gordon Matta-Clark

Doors, through and through (Or Doors,..., 1976

Sale Date: November 6, 2005

Auction Closed

Untitled (Tree drawing), 1972–1973

Gordon Matta-Clark

Untitled (Tree drawing), 1972–1973

Sale Date: November 6, 2005

Auction Closed

Pier in-out, New York, 1973

Gordon Matta-Clark

Pier in-out, New York, 1973

Sale Date: June 23, 2005

Auction Closed

Splitting, Englewood, New Jersey, 1973

Gordon Matta-Clark

Splitting, Englewood, New Jersey, 1973

Sale Date: June 23, 2005

Auction Closed

Office Baroque, Antwerp, 1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office Baroque, Antwerp, 1977

Sale Date: June 23, 2005

Auction Closed

Walls (set of 3), 1972

Gordon Matta-Clark

Walls (set of 3), 1972

Sale Date: May 13, 2005

Auction Closed

Splitting in Englewood (Cross section), 1974

Gordon Matta-Clark

Splitting in Englewood (Cross section), 1974

Sale Date: November 9, 2004

Auction Closed

Ohne Titel (Architektur), 1973–1974

Gordon Matta-Clark

Ohne Titel (Architektur), 1973–1974

Sale Date: November 26, 2003

Auction Closed

Ohne Titel (Architektur), 1973–1974

Gordon Matta-Clark

Ohne Titel (Architektur), 1973–1974

Sale Date: November 26, 2003

Auction Closed

Office baroque, 1977–1977

Gordon Matta-Clark

Office baroque, 1977–1977

Sale Date: October 22, 2003

Auction Closed

Untitled (Infraform), 1973–1973

Gordon Matta-Clark

Untitled (Infraform), 1973–1973

Sale Date: May 15, 2003

Auction Closed

Untitled (A W - Hole House: Rooftop..., 1973–1973

Gordon Matta-Clark

Untitled (A W - Hole House: Rooftop..., 1973–1973

Sale Date: May 15, 2003

Auction Closed

Bingo, 1973–1973

Gordon Matta-Clark

Bingo, 1973–1973

Sale Date: November 14, 2002

Auction Closed

Photo fry, 1969–1969

Gordon Matta-Clark

Photo fry, 1969–1969

Sale Date: June 27, 2002

Auction Closed

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