Christian Marclay was born on January 11,1955 and is a visual artist and composer.
10 Facts About Christian Marclay
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Christian Marclay was born on January 11,1955, in San Rafael, Marin County, California, to a Swiss father and a white American mother and raised in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Christian Marclay studied at the Ecole Superieure d'Art Visuel in Geneva, the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston in the Studio for Interrelated Media Program, and the Cooper Union in New York.
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Long based in Manhattan, Christian Marclay has in recent years divided his time between New York and London.
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Unable to recruit a drummer for his 1979 performances with guitarist Kurt Henry, Christian Marclay used the regular rhythms of a skipping LP record as a percussion instrument.
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Christian Marclay sometimes manipulates or damages records to produce continuous loops and skips, and has said he generally prefers inexpensive used records purchased at thrift shops, as opposed to other turntablists who often seek out specific recordings.
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Christian Marclay was filmed performing a duo with Erikm for the documentary Scratch.
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Christian Marclay has performed and recorded both solo and in collaboration with many musicians, including John Zorn, William Hooker, Elliott Sharp, Otomo Yoshihide, Butch Morris, Shelley Hirsch, Flo Kaufmann and Crevice; he has performed with the group Sonic Youth, and in other projects with Sonic Youth's members.
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Christian Marclay began dating curator Lydia Yee in 1991, and the couple married in 2011.
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At the 2011 Venice Biennale, representing the United States of America, Christian Marclay was recognized as the best artist in the official exhibition, winning the Golden Lion for The Clock.