Christian Marclay

(American, born 1955)

Christian Marclay is an American-Swiss artist known for his sculptures, videos, and music, especially his sound collages. The artist is also accredited with inventing “turntabilism”, where one can manipulate sounds using two or more turntables. His critically acclaimed film The Clock (2010) compounded hundreds of film scenes where a clock or a watch displays a certain time. The movie was meant to be watched in its whole duration, an astounding 24 hours, so that the times presented in the work correspond with the actual time of day. “I think it’s liberating not having to deal with objects,” the artist remarked. “The physical display is important in order to appreciate the work, because you need that perceptual space between the four sources of sound and image. That’s the physical involvement.” Born on January 11, 1955 in San Rafael, CA, the artist was raised in Geneva, Switzerland and went on to study at the the École Supérieure d'Art Visuel in Geneva and at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Although he was never formally trained in music, sound artists like John Cage, Yoko Ono, and Vito Acconci were influential in developing his practice. Today, Marclay’s works are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Kunstmuseum Basel in Basel, Switzerland the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others. He lives and works in London, United Kingdom.

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Minimal, Conceptual, Feminist: The Collection of Anne and Wolfgang Titze Heads to Christie's Paris

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Minimal, Conceptual, Feminist: The Collection of Anne and Wolfgang Titze Heads to Christie's Paris
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'Music as a Physical Experience': See How Artist Christian Marclay Fuses Sound With Image in His Conceptual Collages

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Christian Marclay (306 results)
Telephones (in 2 parts), 1995

Christian Marclay

Telephones (in 2 parts), 1995

Sale Date: April 14, 2016

Auction Closed

Click Click, 2006

Christian Marclay

Click Click, 2006

Sale Date: April 14, 2016

Auction Closed

Luzerner Theater, from Photography..., 1999–2006

Christian Marclay

Luzerner Theater, from Photography..., 1999–2006

Sale Date: March 1, 2016

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1993

Christian Marclay

Untitled, 1993

Sale Date: December 23, 2015

Auction Closed

Silence, 2006

Christian Marclay

Silence, 2006

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

Auction Closed

Drumsticks, 2000

Christian Marclay

Drumsticks, 2000

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

Auction Closed

Krrump Thup, 2013

Christian Marclay

Krrump Thup, 2013

Sale Date: September 23, 2015

Auction Closed

Untitled (from the Imaginary Records series), 1995

Christian Marclay

Untitled (from the Imaginary Records series), 1995

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

Auction Closed

Telephones, 1995

Christian Marclay

Telephones, 1995

Sale Date: July 22, 2015

Auction Closed

Zzzz, 2006

Christian Marclay

Zzzz, 2006

Sale Date: July 22, 2015

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Baltimore, 2003

Christian Marclay

Baltimore, 2003

Sale Date: June 24, 2015

Auction Closed

Luzerner Theater, from Photography Portfolio , 2006

Christian Marclay

Luzerner Theater, from Photography Portfolio , 2006

Sale Date: May 11, 2015

Auction Closed

Taped Tape, 1994

Christian Marclay

Taped Tape, 1994

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

Auction Closed

Untitled (from the series

Christian Marclay

Untitled (from the series "Imaginary Records"), 1997

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

Auction Closed

Men at Work, 1992

Christian Marclay

Men at Work, 1992

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

Auction Closed

Sergeant Pepper, 1990

Christian Marclay

Sergeant Pepper, 1990

Sale Date: March 4, 2015

Auction Closed

Sound Holes (suite of twenty-one works), 2007

Christian Marclay

Sound Holes (suite of twenty-one works), 2007

Sale Date: February 26, 2015

Auction Closed

Hot August night (from the

Christian Marclay

Hot August night (from the "Body Mix" series), 1991

Sale Date: February 11, 2015

Auction Closed

Sage Silence (The Electric Chair), 2006

Christian Marclay

Sage Silence (The Electric Chair), 2006

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

Auction Closed

Hats (From the series, Body Mix), 1991

Christian Marclay

Hats (From the series, Body Mix), 1991

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

Auction Closed

Just Take My Body (Body Mix Series), 1991

Christian Marclay

Just Take My Body (Body Mix Series), 1991

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

Auction Closed

Grid No. 3 (Full and Empty Cassettes), 2012

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Grid No. 3 (Full and Empty Cassettes), 2012

Sale Date: November 18, 2014

Auction Closed

Three Framed Grooveless Records with Colored , 1987

Christian Marclay

Three Framed Grooveless Records with Colored , 1987

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

Auction Closed

Ring Ring Ring, 2006

Christian Marclay

Ring Ring Ring, 2006

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

Auction Closed

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