Christian Marclay

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Christian Marclay (2012)

Christian Marclay (* 1955 in San Rafael , California ) is a visual artist and composer . He is a Swiss abroad .

life and work

Christian Marclay's parents are Swiss, he grew up in Geneva and from 1975 studied fine arts at the École Supérieure d'Art Visuel in Geneva . In 1977 he moved to the USA and studied sculpture at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston . Originally inspired by Fluxus , Marclay's works explore the common patterns of sound , photography , video and film art . In 1979 he founded the performance group "The Bachelors, even" with the guitarist Kurt Henry and realized his first pieces with records and turntables. Thus he belongs to the co-inventor of turntablism . He also developed monumental sculptural works like Endless Column (1988) and Drumkit (1999).

For his performances he uses records and other sound carriers, which he manipulates, deforms or even destroys in order to achieve sound effects such as endless loops. Marclay says of himself that he generally prefers inexpensive second-hand records from thrift stores.

He has worked with artists and musicians such as John Zorn , Butch Morris , Shelley Hirsch , William Hooker , Otomo Yoshihide and Okkyung Lee , Günter Müller , Flo Kaufmann and CCMC . In 2009 he won the Prix ​​Meret Oppenheim .

At the opening of the 54th Venice Biennale on June 4, 2011, he received the Golden Lion as best artist for his work The Clock (2010). "Record without a Cover" was included on The Wire's 100 Records That Set The World On Fire (While No One Was Listening) . In 2011 he received the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Editing for The Clock .

He has lived in New York and London since 1980 . In 2013 Christian Marclay was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York .

Exhibitions

Christian Marclay

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Review by Thom Jurek on allmusic.com (English), accessed on November 3, 2011.
  2. ^ Prix ​​Meret Oppenheim 2009
  3. Official Awards of the 54th International Art Exhibition at labiennale.org, June 4, 2011 (accessed December 30, 2015).
  4. nationalacademy.org: Living Academicians "M" / Marclay, Christian, NA 2013 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 1, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org
  5. Christian Marclay (January 28 - April 12, 2015) (accessed June 2, 2015)
  6. mamco.ch: Christian Marclay, Honk if you love silence ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed July 1, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mamco.ch
  7. cite-musique.fr: Médiathèque: Christian Marclay: Replay (French, accessed on July 1, 2015)