Gordon Matta-Clark: Physical Poetics

by Frances Richard

Bringing a poet's perspective to an artist's archive, this highly original book examines wordplay in the art and thought of American artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978). A pivotal figure in the postminimalist generation who was also the son of a prominent Surrealist, Matta-Clark was a leader in the downtown artists' community in New York in the 1970s, and is widely seen as a pioneer of what has come to be known as social practice art. He is celebrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520299094
• ISBN13: 9780520299092
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"