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Stichting Gordon Matta-Clark

© M HKA

Vliegende messen [Flying Knives], 1974

Installation , Variable dimensions
butcher knifes, motor, fishing line, metal

The installation with the flying knives (1974) is an example of the perpetuum mobile, with two ominously rotating kitchen knives performing a fatal circular dance. This can be interpreted as art claiming its own territory. We enter at our own risk.

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