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CHRISTIAN MARCLAY (B. 1955)
Telephones

video (Betacam, VHS), in two parts
running time: 7:30 minutes
Executed in 1995. This work is number three from an edition of 250, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Provenance
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000
Literature
B. Curiger et. al., Christian Marclay, London, 2005, pp. 62 and 64-65 (another example illustrated on the cover).
Exhibited
Columbus, Wexner Art Center for the Arts and Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film since 1945, 1996 (another example exhibited).
Kunsthaus Zürich, Arranged and Conducted, 1997 (another example exhibited).
Columbus, Wexner Art Center for the Arts, Videotheque: New Television, 1997 (another example exhibited).
Wuppertal, Von der Heydt Museum and Munich, Haus der Kunst, Talk Show, 1999 (another example exhibited).
Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, dAPERtuto, 1999 (another example exhibited).
Lyon, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Musique en Scène, 1999 (another example exhibited).
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Christian Marclay: Telephones, December 1999- January 2000 (another example exhibited).
Berlin, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Karlsruhe, The Badischer Kunstverein, Krakow, Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Budapest, House of Contemporary Arts Trafo and London, Lux Center, Group Video Exhibition, 2000 (another example exhibited).
Roskilde, Museet for Samtidskunst, Christian Marclay: Video & Photography, 2000 (another example exhibited).
Baltimore, Contemporary Museum, Making Sense: Ellen Gallagher, Christian Marclay, Liliana Porter, 2000 (another example exhibited).
Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, Christian Marclay, 2000 (another example exhibited).
Umea, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umedalen Skulptur 2000, 2000 (another example exhibited).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Italy, Palais des Expositions and Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Le Temps, Vite!, 2000 (another example exhibited).
Boston, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Print Publishers’ Spotlight, 2000 (another example exhibited).
Ontario, Oakville Galleries, Christian Marclay: Asynchronous, 2000 (another example exhibited).
Lewiston, Bates College Museum of Art, Dialogue, 2001 (another example exhibited).
New York, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, S.O.S: Scenes of Sounds, 2001 (another example exhibited).
Maia, Bienal da Maia, Urbanlab, 2001 (another example exhibited).
Missouri, Saint Louis Art Museum, Currents 84: Christian Marclay, 2001 (another example exhibited).
Jerusalem, 18th Jerusalem Film Festival, 2001 (another example exhibited).
Ontario, Oakville Galleries, Christian Marclay: Cinema, 2001 (another example exhibited).
Fullerton, California State University Main Art Gallery, Recasting the Past: Beneath the Hollywood Tinsel, 2001 (another example exhibited).
Geneva, MAMCO & Centre Pour L’Image Contemporaine, 9th Biennal of the Moving Image, 2001 (another example exhibited).
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council Traveling Gallery, Pigeon Post, 2002 (another example exhibited).
Barcelona, Sonar Festival/Advanced Music, Sonarmonica, 2002 (another example exhibited).
Massachusetts, Williams College Museum of Art, Old New Technologies, 2002 (another example exhibited).
California, University of California Los Angeles, Hammer Museum; New York, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies; Seattle Art Museum, Kunstmuseum Thun; Avignon, Collection Lambert and London, Barbican Center, Christian Marclay, 2003 (another example exhibited).
New York, American Museum of the Moving Image, Thursdays, 2003 (another example exhibited).
Paris, Le Palais de Tokyo, Playlist, 2004 (another example exhibited).
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art; Milwaukee Art Museumand Tulsa, Philbrook Museum of Art, Cut: Film as Found Object, 2004-2005 (another example exhibited).
Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, New York, New York, 2006 (another example exhibited).
Belgrade, 47th October-Art-Salon, Art, Life and Confusion, 2006 (another example exhibited).
Drogheda, Highlanes Gallery, Flicks - The Cinematic in Art, 2009 (another example exhibited).
Sao Paulo, Paço das Artes, Zero Grau, 2009 (another example exhibited).
Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Christian Marclay’s Telephones, 2009 (another example exhibited).
Basel, Kunst und Neue Medien, Pronto! Art and Telephony, 2009 (another example exhibited).
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Perspectives 178: Cineplex, 2012 (another example exhibited).
Jonesboro, Arkansas State University Bradbury Gallery, The Human Condition, 2012 (another example exhibited).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Resonance and Silence, 2012 (another example exhibited).
Durham, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Telephones: Christian Marclay, 2012 (another example exhibited).
Scottsdale, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Mashup: New Video Art, 2013 (another example exhibited).
Aargau, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Rhythm in it. On Rhythm in Contemporary Art, 2013 (another example exhibited).
Durham, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, The Cinematic Impulse, 2013 (another example exhibited).
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Telephones, 2014-2015(another example exhibited).
Sao Paulo, Oca do Ibirapuera, Invento, 2015 (another example exhibited).
Denver, Denver Art Museum, Showing Of: Recent Modern & Contemporary Acquisitions, 2015-2016 (another example exhibited).
Columbus, Wexner Art Center for the Arts, Picture Lock: 25 Years of Film/Video Residencies at the Wex, 2015 (another example exhibited).
Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture, 2016 (another example exhibited).
St. Petersburg, The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Christian Marclay: Telephones and Sound Holes, 2016 (another example exhibited).
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