The CCA presents its 2019?2020 Out of the Box exhibition series, dedicated to the works of trained architect and conceptual artist Gordon Matta-Clark.
Gordon Matta-Clark in South America, 1972. Gelatin silver print, 18 x 12.7 cm. PHCON2002:0016:011:098, CCA Collection, gift of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark.
Matta-Clark’s writings, photographs, films, correspondence, and select artworks were produced between 1969 and 1978, and donated to the CCA by the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark in 2011.
Line of Flight, the third and final exhibition in this series, curated by Kitty Scott, presents both a geographical and thematic reading of the hundreds of travel photographs taken by Gordon Matta-Clark during his sojourns across Central and South America, Haiti, and Jamaica, as well as Europe and North America. According to the CCA, these little-known photographs provide detailed documentation of the specific sites captured through Matta-Clark?s touristic gaze and reveal a set of recurring themes and subjects?ranging from collective spaces to volcanic eruptions?that contribute to a broader understanding of the artist?s ongoing investigation into social, cultural, and environmental context.
Structured as a study in three acts, this series of exhibitions invites three guest curators from different curatorial backgrounds ranging from contemporary art, film and archival research, to social practice studies, to explore Gordon Matta-Clark?s critical practice within the architectural sc...