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Article: Christian Marclay at Paula Cooper.(exhibition of art video "Telephones")(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Art in America
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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It is a dark and stormy night, and a man hustles to a phone booth and furtively dials. Cut to another man, also dialing, the motion of his hand betraying a certain anxiety. Cut to a succession of others, many of whom are immediately recognizable--Cary Grant, Tippi Hedren, Ray Milland, Meg Ryan, Humphrey Bogart--dialing or stabbing Touch-Tones in various states of expectation. Drawn into this anticipatory mood, we are startled when, in the next shot, a phone actually rings--as, in real life, when we are jolted by that unexpected call.
Cleverly conceived and artfully edited, Christian Marclay's 7 1/2-minute video, Telephones, comprises a ...