This catalogue presents in vibrant detail selections from Matta-Clark's Cut Drawings, Energy Rooms, Energy Trees, and his own 'calligraphy,' many of which have never been published. Documenting the artist's extraordinary accomplishments as a draftsman, this publication originates from the 2015 solo presentation at David Zwirner, New York, entitled Energy & Abstraction, organized in close collaboration with Jane Crawford and Jessamyn Fiore from the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark. Intricate and concise, they testify to his interest in the crossovers between visual and performance arts, as well as the broader integration within his oeuvre of the natural and built environment. His works on paper - which span three-dimensional reliefs, calligraphy, and notebook entries - capture the interdisciplinary spirit that defined the art world in the 1970s.
Well known for his radical 'anarchitectural' interventions throughout the 1970s, Gordon Matta-Clark was always deeply, though less publicly, committed to drawing.
