Gordon Matta-Clark pioneered large-scale urban art in 1970s New York City by literally cutting into buildings scheduled for demolition. His unique perception of performance and process expanded into film and photography. Through these two-dimensional mediums, Matta-Clark captured his “building-cuts” for the historical record and expanded his analysis of urban decay and capitalism. A survey of those photos and videos is now on view at Galerie Thomas Schulte, in Berlin. “Walls,” a 1972 photo-series of abandoned buildings in the South Bronx, reflects the visual progression of economic collapse in the marginalized community; meanwhile, films projected onto drywall constructions examine physical boundaries and perception. —Lucy Horowitz