Gordon Matta-Clark's iconic Splitting (1974) speaks to an era of decay not only in the built environment but in the social fabric as well. This house, literally split in half by the artist, suggests the extremes of being evicted. Seen by many feminist critics as a violent attack against the home environment and domesticity, the split might more compellingly describe the process of gentrification whereby entire communities are split in half and forced to evacuate.
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