Garbage Wall

Gordon Matta-Clark's work, Garbage Wall (1970), is emblematic of the focus he placed on art, architecture and social activism.

A locally-constructed Garbage Wall is installed within the exhibition and is comprised of items collected throughout the community. These methods included soliciting individual donations from various community groups, including four area schools, local universities, as well as neighborhood clean-ups, speaking to the community action that Matta-Clark’s work inspires.

The Pulitzer is collaborating with Construction Careers Center, Lawrence Group Architects and EarthWays Center to offer workshops inspired by Matta-Clark’s Garbage Wall. High school students studying both art and construction at the Construction Careers Center will take on different roles (artist, community activist, environmental researcher, and architect) in order to design and build their own structures.

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September 25, 2009, the Pulitzer meets with Washington University fraternity and sorority members to pick up trash in University City, collecting for Garbage Wall, a piece in the exhibition Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark.

Construction Careers Center Program Concludes

In our video recap of the Transformation Project Walk, Katy Mike Smaistrla, Education and Volunteer Coordinator at Earthways Center, explains the structure above, which a Construction Careers Center shop class built as part of their workshop with the Pulitzer, Earthways Center and the Lawrence Group. Last Thursday, the program, which was inspired by the Garbage Wall [...]

This Saturday: Transformation Project Walk

As we’ve said before, part of the Pulitzer’s identity is that it doesn’t have labels for the artwork, however for the next three weeks, the Ando building will boldly declare its address in neon, as part of 2010 Whitney Biennial winner Theaster Gates’ exhibition Dry Bones and Other Parables from the North. Dry Bones will open this [...]

Shop Class Visits the Pulitzer

Construction Careers Center students examine Gordon Matta-Clark’s Reality Properties: Fake Estates. For more photos from this program visit our Flickr page. Tuesday morning, students from a Construction Careers Center shop class toured Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark for the first time. They have been hearing about the exhibition for months. Last fall, while requesting garbage donations, Jenny Murphy and Lisa Harper Chang visited [...]

Is your garbage in the Garbage Wall?

During my first shift as a Gallery Assistant at the Pulitzer, I rotated into the Entrance Gallery and was confronted by Garbage Wall. After spending the last month and a half collecting this garbage from around St. Louis, I stood there and realized how little time I had spent with the finished piece. My eyes scanned over the [...]

Read more entries on the Garbage Wall collection process at 2Buildings1Blog.org, The Pulitzer's shared blog with the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

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October 30, 2009 - June 5, 2010

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