The Architecture of Other Spaces: A Symposium on Matta and Gordon Matta-Clark

In conjunction with Transmission: The Art of Matta and Gordon Matta-Clark, SDMA and the Getty Research Institute are presenting a free all-day symposium. The Architecture of Other Spaces features three sessions of presentations by art and architecture historians, curators, and conservators.

The morning session focuses on the artistic and familial relationship between Surrealist artist, Roberto Matta (1912–2002), and experimental urban Conceptual artist, Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978). The afternoon sessions focus on the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, including two presentations of scholarly work and a panel discussion on issues of display, ephemerality, and materiality/immateriality.

Symposium Schedule

9:30–10:00 a.m.		Coffee/Registration
10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.		Morning Session Matta and Gordon Matta-Clark: Artistic Theory and Architectural Modernism Introduction Andrew Perchuk, assistant director, Getty Research Institute Matta's Barocchetto Romy Golan, associate professor, The City University of New York Oedipal and Edible: Roberto Matta Echaurren and Gordon Matta-Clark Spyros Papapetros, assistant professor, Princeton University Respondent Molly Nesbit, professor, Vassar College
12:00–1:30 p.m.		Lunch Break
1:30–5:30 p.m.		Afternoon Session Gordon Matta-Clark: Drawing into Architecture Drawing the Architecture of Other Spaces Stephen Walker, lecturer, University of Sheffield An American in Antwerp: Gordon Matta-Clark's Office Baroque (1977) Johan Pas, professor, Visual Arts Department of the Antwerp Polytechnic
3:15–3:30 p.m.		Break
3:30–5:30 p.m.		Roundtable Discussion Gordon Matta-Clark: The Challenges of Display and Conservation Office Baroque (1977) Betti-Sue Hertz, curator of contemporary art, San Diego Museum of Art The Interpretation of Cross-Sections in the Work of Matta-Clark Christian Scheidemann, senior conservator, Contemporary Conservation Ltd. Splitting (1974) and Food (1971) Elisabeth Sussman, Sondra Gilman curator of photography, Whitney Museum of American Art Fresh Air Cart (1972) and Open House (1972) Mary Jane Jacob, chair and professor of sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Moderator Gwendolyn Owens, consulting curator, Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture

Related Event
Matta-Clark Film Screening at the Getty Center
November 1, Wednesday
7:30 p.m., Harold M. Williams Auditorium, The Getty Center
Free, reservations required

Experience artist Gordon Matta-Clark's work in an evening of rarely-seen films and videos. Trained as an architect, Matta-Clark is best known for his deconstructions of abandoned buildings and industrial structures. Since most of the abandoned or demolished structures he cut into or altered were destroyed soon after, the films offer the only lasting document of the work.

A discussion with Matta-Clark's widow, Jane Crawford, cinematographer Bob Fiore, and Thomas Crow, director of the Getty Research Institute, will follow the screening. Special outdoor presentation of Conical Intersect.