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Christian Marclay
Swiss American artist and composer
Also known as: Christian Ernest Marclay
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Christian Ernest Marclay
- Born:
- January 11, 1955, San Rafael, California, U.S. (age 69)
- Notable Works:
- “Body Mix”
- “Recycled Records”
- “Telephones”
- “The Clock”
Christian Marclay (born January 11, 1955, San Rafael, California, U.S.) is a Swiss American visual artist and composer whose multidisciplinary work encompasses performance, sculpture, and video. Much of his art imaginatively explores the physical and cultural intersections between sound and image, often through the deconstruction and recontextualization of recorded media and its associated materials. Marclay, whose father was Swiss and mother was American, grew up in Geneva, where he studied (1975–77) at the School of Visual Art (now the Geneva University of Art and Design). While continuing his education in the United States, primarily at the Massachusetts College of Art ...(100 of 692 words)