Christian Marclay
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American Swiss artist (born 1955)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Replay
- Snap!
- Compositions
- Extended play
- Christian Marclay and Steve Beresford
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Club social — Self2008
- Record Player: Christian Marclay — Himself2000
- Money — Himself1985
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12,724
- Total plays
- 97,192
Tags
experimentalAvant-Gardeturntablismnoiseelectronic
Christian Marclay is a DJ, VJ, visual artist, audio artist and turntablist. He is the first non-hip-hop artist (after John Cage) to make an art form out of the turntable, treating the instrument as a means to rip songs apart, not bridge them together. His work demonstrates the effect sounds and music have on us from the sublime tap tap tap of a foot on the floor to the bombastic crescendo of an orchestra. A long-time associate of Downtown improv figures John Zorn <a href="https://www.last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- San Rafael
- Occupation
- artist
- Educated at
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- Employer
- European Graduate School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- performance art
- Genre
- figurative art
- Movement
- contemporary art
- Record label
- Cuneiform Records
- Image
- Christian Marclay 2012 Shankbone.JPG
- Work location
- London
- Represented by
- White Cube
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- date of birth
- 1955-01-11
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- Commons category
- Christian Marclay
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- ethnic group
- White Americans
- start of work period
- 1980-01-01
- end of work period
- 2018-01-01
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0