Christian Marclay
Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum

© Christian Marclay. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

Chewing Gum
Chewing Gum
ArtistSwiss-American, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Chewing Gum
Date2016
MediumSingle-channel animation, silent, edition 3/6 + 2 APs
Dimensions1 minute 34 seconds
Credit LinePurchased jointly by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, funded by John MacMahon and Michael Zilkha; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, General Art Acquisition Fund
Object number2017.237
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Description


It is hard to imagine a subject less worthy of artistic celebration than the ubiquitous blobs of squished chewing gum that dot city sidewalks around the world, but Christian Marclay has photographed thousands of them on his daily walks through London and has edited those images into a lively, humorous stop-motion animation. Through careful sequencing, Marclay allows the banal spots to merge and divide like cells, dance playfully with one another, and explode into a cosmic constellation.



ProvenanceThe artist; [Paula Cooper Gallery, New York]; purchased jointly by the MFAH and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2017.

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