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Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’ wins Gold Lion at Venice Biennale

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‘The Clock’ -- the art installation piece that uses snippets from films and television to keep real 24-hour time -- has earned its creator, Christian Marclay, the Gold Lion for best artist at this year’s Venice Biennale. The prize was announced over the weekend by a five-member jury including Hassan Khan, Carol Yinghua Lu, Letizia Ragaglia, Christine Macel and filmmaker John Waters.

Marclay is a California-born artist and composer who has explored notions of synchronicity among music, film and video in his works. ‘The Clock’ runs for 24 hours and features a montage of clips from such diverse films as ‘High Noon,’ starring Gary Cooper; ‘Titanic,’ with Leonardo DiCaprio; and the Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie ‘Eraser.’ Times shown on screen in ‘The Clock’ are synchronized with real time.

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‘The Clock’ is currently on view through July 31 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which acquired the work earlier this year. The museum held a free 24-hour screening of ‘The Clock’ in May.

This year’s Venice jury bestowed the Gold Lion for Best National Participation to Germany. The Silver Lion for a promising young artist went to Britain’s Haroon Mirza. The jury also gave special mentions to artists Darius Mikšys and Klara Lidén.

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Photos, from top: Christian Marclay. Credit: Christine House / For the Los Angeles Times. The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Credit: Andrea Merola / EPA

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