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OverviewChristian Marclay is a New York-based, Swiss-American sculptor and installation artist who emerged in the 1980s. Also a musician, composer, DJ and filmmaker, Marclay explores the gap between what we see and what we hear, to create what he calls a 'theatre of found sound' The artist is represented by Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 West 21 St. and 521 West 21 Street (2nd fl.) New York, NY, 10011, USA, tel. 212, 255-1105, fax 212 255 5156, and White Cube, 48 Hoxton Square, London N1 6PB, tel. +44 20 7749 7477, fax 20 7749 7470 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kim Gordon , Jennifer González , Matthew Higgs , Ben DalePublisher: Phaidon Press Ltd Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 25.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 29.00cm Weight: 0.990kg ISBN: 9780714843742ISBN 10: 0714843741 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 18 April 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. 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Table of ContentsInterview - Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon concentrates on Marclay's collaborations with musicians and his performance work * Survey - Art historian and critic Jennifer Gonzalez examines Marclay's output, primarily focusing on his work as a visual artist * Focus - Art critic and curator Matthew Higgs looks closely at the structure and content of the immensely complex, highly enjoyable Video Quartet (2002) * Artist's Choice The artist has selected The Prose of the Trans-Siberian and of Little Jehanne of France (1913), originally a fold-out poster poem by Swiss writer Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), who, like the artist, worked across various disciplines. * Artist's Writings include 'Interview Cut-up', a spliced interview combining key conversations that the artist has published since 1991 specially created with the artist for this volume, and Extended Play (1989), a succinct statement on music-as-sculpture * Chronology and BibliographyReviewsOn the Contemporary Artists Series The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about. -Artforum The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art. -Time Out A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists. -The Sunday Times Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment. -The Art Book 'The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about.' (Artforum) 'The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art.' (Time Out) 'A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists.' (The Sunday Times) On the Contemporary Artists Series The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about. -Artforum The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art. -Time Out A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists. -The Sunday Times Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment. -The Art Book Author InformationJennifer Gonzalez is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her writings have appeared in Frieze, Art Journal and Diacritics. She has also contributed to The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (1995), With Other Eyes: Looking at Race and Gender in Visual Culture (1999) and Race in Cyberspace (2000). Recipient of the Joanne Cassullo Teaching Fellowship, she teaches on the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Kim Gordon is a visual artist originally from Los Angeles. She relocated to New York in 1979 and, with partner Thurston Moore, founded the experimental punk band Sonic Youth. She continues to work as an artist, with recent exhibitions Participant Inc. (2003) and Reena Spaulings Fine Art (2004) in New York, and at South London Gallery (2006). Matthew Higgs is an artist, writer and curator based in New York. His writings have appeared in Artforum, Art Monthly, Afterall and in numberous exhibition catalogues. He is currently Director and Chief Curator of White Columns, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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