For nearly 40 years, Christian Marclay (b. 1955, San Rafael, CA) has been exploring the connections between vision and sound, creating works in which these two sensibilities enrich and challenge one another. Marclay garnered international acclaim at the 54th Venice Biennale for his masterpiece video work, The Clock, for which he received the prestigious Golden Lion award.
Marclay’s work has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including one-person presentations at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (1990); Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva (1995); Kunsthaus Zurich (1997); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2001); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2002); Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain, Geneva (2008); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2010); Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul (2010); Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow (2011); Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (2019); and Centre Pompidou, Paris (2022).
Work by the Marclay is represented in many museum and public collections worldwide, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Glenstone, Potomac, MD; Kunstmuseum Basel; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Tate, UK; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Installation view, Christian Marclay, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, November 16, 2022 - February 27, 2023.
Installation view, Christian Marclay: Translating, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, November 20, 2021 - February 23, 2022
Christian Marclay
The Clock, 2010
single-channel video with stereo sound standard definition footage at 1024 x 576 (16:9 aspect ration), 24 hours, looped
Christian Marclay
Subtitled, 2019
Single-channel video installation, silent
Continuous loop
Dimensions variable
Installation view, Christian Marclay, White Cube Mason's Yard, London, 15 March - 15 May 2019. Photo: White Cube (Theo Christelis)
Christian Marclay
Untitled (Black), 2020
digital chromogenic print
31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in. (80 x 60 cm)
Christian Marclay
48 War Movies, 2019 (still)
single-channel video installation, color and stereo sound, continuous loop
dimensions variable
Edition of 5, 2 APs
Christian Marclay
Look, 2019
Giclée print
image: 13 5/16 x 17 11/16 in. (33.8 x 45 cm)
frame: 15 3/4 x 20 3/16 x 1 1/2 in. (40 x 51.2 x 3.8 cm)
Edition 4 of 5, + 2 APs
Christian Marclay and Okkyung Lee Perform Alexander Calder's "Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere" (1932/33), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 20, 2017.
Christian Marclay
Bottle Caps, 2016
single-channel animation, silent, duration: 3:52 minutes, looped; media player, SD card and archival master on thumb drive, with signed certificate of authenticity in custom box
dimensions variable
Edition 3 of 6, 2 APs
Christian Marclay
Pffsssttt, 2014
spray paint on paper
image: 28 1/2 x 36 in. (72.4 x 91.4 cm)
frame: 31 7/8 x 39 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (81 x 100.3 x 4.4 cm)
Christian Marclay
Untitled (from the series Cassette Tape Duplication), 2012
Unique monoprint
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
frame: 34 x 26 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (86.4 x 66.7 x 4.4 cm)
Christian Marclay
Manga Scroll, 2010
Hiromi Paper Gampi white, scroll cover Asahi Black raw silk book cloth, wood
Paper: 16 x 787 1/2 in. (40.6 x 2000.3 cm)
Scroll: 19 x 3 x 3 in. (48.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Edition 1 of 5, 1 AP, 1 USF proof
Christian Marclay
Light Blue Door (The Electric Chair), 2006
silkscreen ink on paper
95 1/2 x 48 in. (242.6 x 121.9 cm)
frame: 100 1/2 x 51 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (255.3 x 130.8 x 6.4 cm)
Christian Marclay
Untitled, 2004
photogram on c-print paper, mounted on cintra board
19 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (50.2 x 60.3 cm)
frame: 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (54.6 x 64.8 x 4.1 cm)
Christian Marclay
Graffiti Composition, 2002
portfolio of 150 images, Indigo prints on Cougar stock
14 x 9 1/2 x 3 inches (35.56 x 24.13 x 7.62 cm)
Edition 2 of 25
published by Paula Cooper Gallery
signed by the artist
Christian Marclay
Untitled (from the series "Imaginary Records"), 1995
altered record cover
12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (31.1 x 31.8 cm)
frame: 17 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (43.8 x 43.8 x 4.1 cm)
Christian Marclay
Extended Phone II, 1994
telephone and plastic tubing
dimensions variable
Christian Marclay
Untitled (from the series Taped Tape), 1994
magnetic tape and adhesive tape on paper
image: 28 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (72.4 x 56.5 cm)
frame: 31 3/8 x 25 3/8 in. (79.7 x 64.5 cm)
Christian Marclay
Untitled (from the series "Imaginary Records"), 1990
altered record cover
12 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (32.4 x 31.8 cm)
17 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (44.5 x 43.8 x 3.8 cm)
signed and dated verso
Christian Marclay
Tape Fall, 1989
Reel-to-reel player, audio tape, ladder
dimensions variable
