1st Edition
Gordon Matta-Clark's Conical Intersect Sculpture, Space, and the Cultural Value of Urban Imagery
By Peter Muir
Copyright 2014
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
In this in-depth analysis, Peter Muir argues that Gordon Matta-Clark’s Conical Intersect (1975) is emblematic of Henri Lefebvre’s understanding of art’s function in relation to urban space. By engaging with Lefebvre’s theory in conjunction with the perspectives of other writers, such as Michel de Certeau, Jacques Derrida, and George Bataille, the book elicits a story that presents the artwork’s... Read more
Introduction; Materialising space and the search for origins: the cultural and spatial significance of the Les Halles district of Paris; Articulating the void: the dematerialisation and re-materialisation of Conical Intersect; The art of self-effacement: interpreting Matta-Clark's cuts; Waste value and the formless other; Conical Intersect as counter-monument (the 'non-U-ment'); On the closing and opening of other spaces; Of blindness and mediation; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr. Peter Muir is a Research Associate with MIRIAD (the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design) and an Associate Lecturer with the Open University, UK.
