The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Conceptions of Nature in the 1970s

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520149
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: University of Yamanashi
• Principal Investigator: HIRANO Chieko 山梨大学, 総合研究部, 准教授 (20402018)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 20世紀美術 / アメリカ美術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Gordon Matta-Clark intervened into abandoned buildings, cut into and removed walls and floors which had once surrounded inhabitants. Such activities brought unanticipated structures from the usual buildings. They also offered insights into the character of our living environment and the ways they came to be abandoned.
Before starting working with buildings, Matta-Clark worked with trees and drew a lot of plants, too. However, the relationship of these early works and the ‘building cuts’ works was obscure. In this research, I propose to see the trees as the models of structures which transform their environment one another. ‘Tree’ can be a clue for him to think of the relationship of buildings and their environments.

Free Research Field

美術史