Centre Pompidou, the Tate and the Israel Museum acquired the Christian Marclay video work "Clock"
24-hour videokollazh, awarded in the last year the main prize of the Venice Biennale, will demonstrate at a time in each of the participating museums in the purchase
watch the 24-hour video work by the end only by the most daring art lovers
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Bloomberg reports that the British Museum Tate, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Museum of Israel collectively acquired 24 -hour video of the famous artist Christian Marclay (Christian Marclay) «Watch." In June last year for this work Markle was awarded the grand prize Venice Biennale.
«Watch" with great success demonstrated by worldwide, a year ago had time to work in Russia: it is shown in the center of modern culture "Garage». For the collection work has already acquired the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
The first show of the video, which consists of thousands of kinootryvkov, which featured clockwork, took place in 2010 in London. According to Bloomberg, the time display in Jerusalem, saw the work of about 3500 spectators, and all work has looked at about 50 thousand people.
known that the contribution of the Israel Museum in the purchase of work is a six-figure sum. about how much to pay Tate and the Pompidou Center, Bloomberg says nothing. "Given the fact that contemporary art - our specialty, it is a landmark acquisition for us, "- said the director of the Israel Museum, James Snyder (James Snyder). He said that three of the museum split between the cost of the work, while refusing to call it an exact price.
To carry out the purchase of Israel Museum helped fund family Ostrowski (Ostrovsky Family Fund). joint purchase of works of three museums means that it will be displayed in turn in each of them.
According to the director of the Israel Museum, if the museum bought the work yourself, rather than a purse, then the "clock" would be the most expensive piece of video art ever acquired by the museum.
Prepared by Mary Estrova,, AI
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