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time, The Clock serves as both a functional timepiece
WORLD-CLASS ART CHRISTIAN MARCLAY: Marclay, whose artistic practice draws from his
and a mesmerizing exploration of film history.

experience as a musician in Boston and New York’s
THE CLOCK
underground scenes of the late 1970s and 1980s, has
spent five decades blending visual and sonic fragments

The Museum of Modern Art is bringing Christian to investigate the intricate relationship between image
and sound. Assisted by a team dedicated to sourcing
Marclay’s acclaimed artwork, The Clock, back to New footage, he spent three years carefully editing The Clock,
York City for the first time since its previous showing transforming found material into a groundbreaking
at MoMA from December 2012 to January 2013. This cinematic experience.
extraordinary cinematic piece, on display in MoMA’s Christian Marclay: The Clock is curated by Stuart
second-floor collection galleries from November 10, Comer, The Lonti Ebers Chief Curator of Media and
2024, through May 11, 2025, is a meticulously crafted Performance; Erica Papernik-Shimizu, Associate Curator
24-hour montage assembled from approximately 12,000 in the Department of Media and Performance; and Abby
film and television clips, each featuring clocks or Hermosilla, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of
references to time. With every clip synchronized to real Curatorial Affairs.

Christian Marclay. Still from The
Clock. 2010. Video (black and white
and color, sound). 24 hrs. The
Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Promised gift from the Collection
of Jill and Peter Kraus. © 2024
Christian Marclay. Courtesy Paula
Cooper Gallery and White Cube

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