Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by Christian Marclay. Marclay fuses art and technology to draw on the sounds and images of life on Snapchat. For more than thirty years, Marclay has explored the relationship between the visual and the audible through a variety of media, including sculpture, video, performance, collage, and music. Fusing sound with text and found objects, Christian Marclay’s work draws upon the characteristics of a variety of media to visually capture the nature of sound itself. Newsweek responded by naming Marclay one of the ten most important artists of today. [8] Marclay has occasionally cut and re-joined different LP records; when played on a turntable, these re-assembled records will combine snippets of different music in quick succession along with clicks or pops from the seams[11] – typical of noise music – and when the original LPs were made of differently-colored vinyl, the reassembled LPs can themselves be considered as works of art. Christian Marclay (b. Some of Marclay's musical pieces are carefully recorded and edited plunderphonics-style; he is also active in free improvisation. [14] In 2016 he produced Made to Be Destroyed, a compilation of film clips showing the destruction of art works or buildings. He was filmed performing a duo with Erikm for the documentary Scratch. Marclay received the Golden Lion award for best artist at the 54th Venice Biennale for his 24-hour virtuosic video piece, The Clock, which has been shown widely to great acclaim. [2][4] As a student he was notably interested in Joseph Beuys and the Fluxus movement of the 1960s and 1970s. London and New York-based Christian Marclay was born in 1955 in San Rafael, California and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where he studied art, eventually moving to the United States to complete his BFA at the Massachusetts College ofRead more "Christian Marclay | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links", "To the Last Syllable of Recorded Time: Christian Marclay,", "Christian Marclay | Made To Be Destroyed (2016)", "Live Improvisations - Christian Marclay | Songs, Reviews, Credits", Blake Gopnik, "The 10 Most Important Artists of Today", Rundown of the Winners of the Golden and Silver Lions at the 54th Venice Biennale", "Christian Marclay: The Clock – Exhibition at Tate Modern", "Christian Marclay: Sound Stories | LACMA". Celebrated as a pioneer of turntablism, Marclay transforms sound and music into visual and physical forms through performance, collage, sculpture, large-scale installations, photography, and video. Shuffle (2007) and Ephemera (2009) are also musical scores. His work has an immediacy and a sense of connectedness rarely … [18] Accepting the Golden Lion, Marclay invoked Andy Warhol, thanking the jury "for giving The Clock its fifteen minutes".[19]. Christian Marclay is an American-Swiss artist known for his sculptures, videos, and music, especially his sound collages. “I’ve always been interested in how sound is visualized,” he explains. Christian Marclay transforms sounds and music into visible, physical form through a prolific range of performances, collages, sculptures, installations, photographs, and videos. The artist is also accredited with inventing “turntabilism”, where one can manipulate sounds using two or more turntables. In Sound Holes (2007), he photographed the many patterns of speaker holes on intercoms. Christian Marclay was born in California but raised in Switzerland. Born 1955 San Rafael, California Lives and works in London and New York City Education 1975-1977 Geneva, Switzerland, Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel 1977-1980 Boston Massachusetts College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts 1978 Cooper Union in New York exchange student program Awards 2016 Contemporary Vision Award, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA 2011 The Golden Lion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2010 Aurora Award, Houston, TX 2009 The Larry Aldrich Award, The Aldrich Contemporary Art … Marclay made the magnificent unique photogram "Allover (Dixie Chicks, Nat King Cole and Others)" (2009) by exposing photo-sensitized paper to light after he … 1 through May 2, Leslie Thornton at Winkleman through February 5, and Stephen Vitiello at Museum 52 through February 12, with his High Line installation continuing through June. [5] Long based in Manhattan, Marclay has in recent years divided his time between New York and London. In 2003 it became the first work by Marclay to be acquired by Tate. What is unique about this artist is his extraordinary ability to mix different media and various culture references into the rich fusion … Seiler+Mosseri-Marlio Galerie: Upcoming Exhibits. Accumulating dust and fingerprints would enhance the sound. Artist/composer Christian Marclay (b. He studied at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel from 1977–1980 in Geneva, Switzerland. These duos with Henry might be the first time a musician used records and turntables as int… Part working timepiece (it runs in sync with the local time zone), part aural and visual montage (the work includes snatches of dialogue about time and sounds and images of every kind of clock imaginable), the film is a meditation both on time and the depiction of it. In 1998 he claimed never to have paid more than US$1 for a record. Further reading Alan Licht, ‘CBGB as Imaginary Landscape: The Music of Christian Marclay’, in Christian Marclay, exhibition catalogue, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles 2003, pp.88–103. Marlcay was born in California in 1955 and raised in Geneva, Switzerland. [12] In Five Cubes (1989), he melted vinyl records into cubes. [7] Drawn to the energy of punk rock, he began creating songs, singing to music on pre-recorded backing tapes. A related review looks at Marclay's sound art. Stills of Christian Marclay – Telephones, 1995, video installati… Directions: Christian Marclay – 1990 – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Christian Marclay – 1991 – Interim Art, London, England, Christian Marclay – 1993 – Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, Christian Marclay – 1994 – Daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany; and Fri-Art Centre d'art contemporain Kunsthalle, Fribourg, Switzerland, Amplification – 1995 – Chiesa San Staë, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, Accompagnement Musical – 1995 – Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland, Arranged and Conducted – 1997 – Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland, Christian Marclay – 1999 – Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, USA, Snap! Interview with Akira Sanematsu (28 March 2002). Schooled in Geneva, Boston, and New York, Marclay has shown a lot of interest in the art of sound, becoming an intrepid avant-gardist in the non-conventional use of instruments and sound-mixing tools; even going so far as to perform with American rock band Sonic Youth. Marclay has performed and recorded both solo and in collaboration with many musicians, including John Zorn, William Hooker, Elliott Sharp, Otomo Yoshihide, Butch Morris, Shelley Hirsch, Flo Kaufmann and Crevice; he has also performed with the group Sonic Youth, and in other projects with Sonic Youth's members. 1 Museum, New York City, USA. Christian Marclay. [8] These duos with Henry might be the first time a musician used records and turntables as interactive, improvising musical instruments.[9]. Christian Marclay transforms sounds and music into visible, physical form through a prolific range of performances, collages, sculptures, installations, photographs, and videos. Christian Marclay (born January 11, 1955) is a visual artist and composer. Christian Ernest Marclay plays with perception and human experience of sensory data. Jennifer González, Kim Gordon and Matthew Higgs, Christian Marclay, London 2005, pp.82–91. Citing the influence of John Cage, Yoko Ono and Vito Acconci, Marclay has long explored the rituals around making and collecting music. Other guests that night included Todd Rundgren, Taj Mahal, Pat Metheny, and Nanci Griffith. False Advertising is a wonderful set of prints mimicking concert posters. Christian Marclay's "The Clock" ran at Paula Cooper through February 19, 2011, "Modern Women: Single Channel" at P.S. When Christian Marclay moved from New York to London, in the summer of 2007, he left behind some of his most valued possessions: hundreds of … White Cube Mason’s Yard is pleased to present an exhibition by Christian Marclay. At White Cube, Christian Marclay Serves Up Sensory Gratification, A Group Show Considers Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ and Otherness in Art, My Highlights from the IFPDA Print Fair 2013. From the outset of his career, Marclay has engaged with experimental music, investigating the relationship between sound and vision, His Graffiti Composition (2002) posted musical notes on walls around Berlin, compiled photographs of them as they faded, and is performed in concert. Audio of "Phonodrum" by Christian Marclay from, Winnipeg Art Gallery: Christian Marclay's The Clock. Site broken 25 June 2011. Early work includes a series of ‘Recycled Records’ (1980-86), fragmented and reassembled vinyl records that became hybrid objects that could be … Unable to recruit a drummer for his 1979 performances with guitarist Kurt Henry, Marclay used the regular rhythms of a skipping LP record as a percussion instrument. Marclay's work explores connections between sound, noise, photography, video, and film. More recently, he has explored his interest in a related abstract concept—time—by compiling clips from an enormous range of films into a 24-hour, single-channel video titled The Clock (2010). As in his music and video works, which splice together found recordings and film footage, the comic book segments are culled and re- contextualized in vibrant, dynamic ways. Marclay began exploring sound in 1979, in performances in which he would manipulate turntables, playing them as if they were traditional instruments. Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Editing, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Marclay&oldid=1001988931, Massachusetts College of Art and Design alumni, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with RKDartists identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SIKART identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Christian Marclay – 1987 – The Clocktower, P.S. Drawn to the energy of punk rock, he began creating songs, singing to music on pre-recorded backing tapes. His scene didn't make the final cut, but is included among the DVD extras. Christian Marclay (born 1955) works in a sampling aesthetic, using fragments from the ephemera of popular culture to create new forms and meanings. He holds both American and Swiss nationality. Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to present new work by Christian Marclay, incorporating collage, video animation, and photography. 15), 2012, Actions: Spurt Splat Thwump Splsh (No.1), 2014. Featuring two new video works that reconsider the relationship between image and text, the exhibition foregrounds the role of collage, the readymade and the poetics of chance encounter within Marclay's wide-ranging practice. [3][4] He studied at the Ecole Supérieure d'Art Visuel in Geneva (1975–1977), the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston (1977–1980, Bachelor of Fine Arts) in the Studio for Interrelated Media Program, and the Cooper Union in New York (1978). the work of acclaimed Swiss-American artist Christian Marclay (b. 1955), who currently lives and works in London, and will include a selection focusing on his sonic compositions, from graphic scores to video installations. Audio of "Tabula Rasa" (2005) for three turntables and cutting lathe by Christian Marclay and Flo Kaufmann. In his work, music can be both seen and heard. In Sound Stories, American artist and composer Christian Marclay (born 1955) fuses art and technology, using Snapchat videos as raw material.Featuring texts by Max Maxwell, this book documents the collaboration between the artist and Snapchat in an innovative project mixing the sounds and images … In the 1980s and early '90s, he invented album covers. Represented by internationally reputable galleries. A performance by Christian Marclay, from the October 29, 1989 episode of the short-lived music television show Night Music. Christian Marclay: Compositions April 12th, 2019 to September 24th, 2019 This exhibition will be the first for over a decade in Spain devoted to the Swiss-American artist Christian Marclay (b. His work is in the collection of Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthalle Zurich; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal; Philadelphia Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern … “I’ve always been interested in how sound is visualized,” he explains. Marclay sometimes manipulates or damages records to produce continuous loops and skips,[10] and has said he generally prefers inexpensive used records purchased at thrift shops, as opposed to other turntablists who often seek out specific recordings. – 2008 – Galerie Art and Essai, Rennes, France, You Said He Said She Said – 2008 – Seiler+Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, Replay – 2009 – DHC/Art, Montréal, Canada, Broken English – 2009 – Seiler+Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland (with Justin Bennett, Shana Lutker, Euan Macdonald, Navid Nuur and Mungo Thomson), Vinyl – 2009 – Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway (with Flo Kaufmann, Janek Schaefer and Otomo Yoshihide), The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl – 2010 –, This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 08:11. September 18, 2020 The artist and composer Christian Marclay works with the interplay of sound and images through a variety of media, ranging from performance to printmaking, video, and collage. Christian Marclay, in full Christian Ernest Marclay, (born January 11, 1955, San Rafael, California, U.S.), Swiss American visual artist and composer whose multidisciplinary work encompassed performance, sculpture, and video. Limited-Edition Prints by Leading Artists, Allover (Dixie Chicks, Nat King Cole, and Others), 2009, Untitled, Cassette Tape Duplication (No. His critically acclaimed film The Clock (2010) compounded hundreds of film scenes where a clock or a watch displays a certain time. Unable to recruit a drummer for his 1979 performances with guitarist Kurt Henry, Marclay used the regular rhythms of a skipping LP record as a percussion instrument. European Graduate School: Christian Marclay. Christian Marclay’s Telephones, created in 1995, was a skilfully edited arrangement of black-and-white, as well as color film clips that highlighted different subjects utilizing an array of telephones, all designed before the smartphone era that we live in today. A review in Spin at the time cited Marclay's "coolest theatrical gesture" in his live performances of phonoguitar: the artist strapped a record player onto himself and played, for example, a Jimi Hendrix album. The Clock is an art installation by video artist Christian Marclay. [6], Citing the influence of John Cage, Yoko Ono and Vito Acconci, Marclay has long explored the rituals around making and collecting music. Christian Marclay is a London and New York based visual artist and composer whose innovative work explores the juxtaposition between sound recording, photography, video and film. Much of his art imaginatively explored the physical and cultural intersections between sound and image, often through the deconstruction and recontextualization of … 1955) is a New York-based visual artist and composer whose innovative work explores the juxtaposition between sound recording, photography, video and film. In 2015 the White Cube presented a major solo exhibition including a range of new work and a lively programme of weekly performances played by the London Sinfonietta and guests including Thurston Moore and Mica Levi. Christian Marclay, de la musique aux sons (in French). The artwork itself functions as a clock: its presentation is synchronized with the local time, resulting in the time shown in a scene being the actual time. At the time of its release, technology was just reaching its peak, which is why Telephonesbecame a breakthrough piece that is often celebrated today for its pioneering role in the history of video art. And an interest in onomatopoeia dating back to 1989 has culminated in his monumental Manga Scroll (2010), a 60-foot scroll of cartoon interjections that doubles as a musical score. 1955), presenting a selection of works focusing on his sound compositions, from graphic scores to video installations. Marclay began dating curator Lydia Yee in 1991, and the couple married in 2011. 1955) is known for his distinctive fusion of image and sound. "[1] His own use of turntables and records, beginning in the late 1970s, was developed independently of but roughly parallel to hip hop's use of the instrument. A pioneer of using gramophone records and turntables as musical instruments to create sound collages, Marclay is, in the words of critic Thom Jurek, perhaps the "unwitting inventor of turntablism. [17], At the 2011 Venice Biennale, representing the United States of America, Marclay was recognized as the best artist in the official exhibition, winning the Golden Lion for The Clock. [15], Thom Jurek writes that "While many intellectuals have made wild pronouncements about Marclay and his art – and it is art, make no mistake – writing all sorts of blather about how he strips the adult century bare by his cutting up of vinyl records and pasting them together with parts from other vinyl records, they never seem to mention that these sound collages of his are charming, very human, and quite often intentionally hilarious."[16]. Christian Marclay was born in California but raised in Switzerland. It is a looped 24-hour video supercut (montage of scenes from film and television) that feature clocks or timepieces. Following this turn, Marclay has in more recent years produced visual art, although usually of representations of sound, or the various technologies of representing sound. 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