Gordon Matta-Clark: Doors, floors, doors

Made in 1976 as part of "Rooms," the inaugural exhibition at PS1, Matta-Clark cut vertically aligned rectangular openings through three floors of PS1's building so that visitors standing in a third-floor classroom could look directly into the basement. Initially, Matta-Clark proposed plans to excavate a void in the shape of an inverted ziggurat through the center of the building. While "Doors, Floors, Doors" altered the architecture of PS1's building, his original idea would have functionally destroyed the building altogether. 

The fourth iteration of MoMA PS1's Greater New York series. Recurring every five years, the exhibition has traditionally showcased the work of emerging artists living and working in the New York metropolitan area. Considering the "greater" aspect of its title in terms of both geography and time, Greater New York. begins roughly with the moment when MoMA PS1 was founded in 1976 as an alternative venue that took advantage of disused real estate, reaching back to artists who engaged the margins of the city.

Jocelyn Miller

MoMA PS1, 2017

21.8 X 14 cm, 40 pages