Gordon Matta-Clark (30th Nov - 19th Dec) at ThisIsNotAShop.
Food, by Gordon Matta-Clark
Venue: ThisIsNotShop, Benburb Street
Dates: 11st - 19th Dec (launch: 30th Nov 19.00 - 21.00)
Time: 14.00 - 19.00
This is the first ever Iirsh exhibition of the work of New York conceptual artist Gordon Matta-Clark. Now internationally recognized as one of the most important American artists of the 1970's, Gordon Matta-Clark was a central figure in the birth of the artistic community in Soho, NYC, which included such luminaries as Robert Smithson, Dennis Oppenheim, Mary Heilmann, and Robert Rauschenberg.
Matta-Clark took art out of the museum and into the streets - literally deconstructing disused spaces to highlight the social problems, and possibilities, of the decaying urban landscape where he lived and worked. Since his death, Matta-Clark's work has inspired subsequent generations of artists and architects because of its courage, passion, and genius.
This exhibition will focus on the restaurant he opened in Soho, NYC, in 1971 (called Food). Not only was Food a good/cheap place to eat, it was an employer for any struggling artist, a meeting place for the burgeoning artistic community, a performance space, and a work of art in itself..
Consisting of documentary photographs and film, the exhibition will explore Food in the context of Matta-Clark's artistic work and the role it played in the art community of 1970's New York.
Original documentary photographs and limited edition reprints will be for sale.
THIS IS NOT A SHOP
26 Benburb Street
Dublin 7
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