house with a w-shaped hole

this is a mad man. a mad man who's currently rocking my world.

did anyone else know about this? why did i have to spend two hours staring at his photos at MOCA in LA to learn about him?

so get this right. he cut buildings. oh don't worry, he's got his architecture degree from cornwell. so he knows what he's doing when he cuts a W shaped hole throughout a house. or makes a conical insert into some building about to get demolished. or when he just splits a house down the middle. anarchitecture. it's amazing. he also made short films, performance art pieces, hang in the gallery type art pieces, was in paris for the 68 riots and aligned himself with the situationists. the man's a freak. hacking away at the american dream quite literally with a power saw. splitting the modern city. the book on him was too big, a quarter of the size of my suitcase, and weighed accordingly. so i bought a book on his films. making trees dance, cutting and descending into the base of paris to honour his friend's death.

so i'm sitting here, listening to roising murphy trying to convince me she's no longer moloko, and reading up on Gordon Matta-Clark.

Splitting

Splitting (titling pieces wasn't his strong point)

Office Baroque

Conical Insert

A W-Hole House

His influence is still felt today, just a few months ago, a british artist Richard Wilson decided to have his own go at matta-clark.

Turning the Place over