GORDON MATTA-CLARK OPEN HOUSE

A major piece in the MAMCO collection in Geneva, Open House, originally created in SoHo (New York) during the spring of 1972, is the only large-scale work dimension of the American artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) preserved by an institution. It is a container inside which a labyrinth has been built made of reclaimed wooden doors and partitions. A true aesthetic manifesto, this makeshift construction crystallizes well positions taken by its creator, both in its relations with sculpture as well as in its critical relationships with architecture. It is studied here for the first time by three authors, Sophie Costes, Thierry Davila and Lydia Yee, who restore all its richness and complexity. A way to reaffirm the importance of Gordon's figure Matta-Clark for 20th and 21st century art.