Gordon Matta clark

He began his career by attending Cornell university to study architecture not breaching into the art world until much later. Combining his creativity and breadth of knowledge of architecture he developed structures know as ‘anachitecture’- these works broke up the framework of typical buildings by slicing into them. Large sections of building were sliced out, often in teardrop shapes, abstracting the structure and cutting new depths into the building. initially you would identify a rejection of architecture ,however, his learning of the subject was actually considered to be the material and fuel he worked with; bringing attention to sections and layers of a building and creating an appreciation for the often unnoticed support around you. The choice of a domestic setting intrigues me, along with the pictures, it highlights a sense of past; like scanning through old memories piecing together broken up events and surroundings. The fact that these buildings are cut up makes the original purpose of them redundant, i want to take inspiration from this by breaking up my pieces so that the function of them no longer exists, bringing connotations of an active past and a current deterioration.

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