Untitled. Proposals for Museum of Modern Art, New York

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© Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg

Gordon Matta-Clark

Untitled. Proposals for Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1978

10 drawings Pencil and black felt-tip pen on tracing paper and plastic sheets 30.7 x 23 cm each, framed 35 x 29 cm each Donation by Jane Crawford, Gordon Matta-Clark Trust

GF0001848.00.0-1997

Artwork text

Within the Project Series at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Matta-Clark, inspired by the figure of Rockefeller as the patron of the MoMA, proposed a project with references to other great patrons of the arts, the Medici of Renaissance Florence. The balls making up the coat of arms of this famous Italian family can be interpreted as a succession of spherical cuts in different planes, all based on four to seven circular shapes. The project included cut spheres which freed parts of the glass and steel of the façade, and other cuts with semi-circular or oval cross-sections. In one design the spherical cuts appear like flowers, in another there is a dollar sign which was supposed to be cut into the building. None of the proposals have been realized. (Sabine Breitwieser)

Lending history
2007 New York, NY, USA, Austrian Cultural Forum New York 1999 Münster, DE, Westfälischer Kunstverein 1998 Barcelona, MACBA + PS1 New York, GMC