Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Christian Marclay, whose enduring fascination with vinyl records has long informed his artistic practice. Focusing on the recurring motifs found within the familiar square format of LP covers, Marclay’s latest body of work explores how music is packaged, distributed, and consumed. The exhibition features monoprints made using record sleeves and covers in a process that reveals the tactile histories of the objects, as carriers of both sound and memory. Selections from his collage series Oculi use the circular cutout shape in vintage record sleeves to frame fragments of the cover beneath, transforming absence into part of the composition. The exhibition also presents Bildspiel, a 2015 video that activates an artwork by Dieter Roth in the Sohm Archive at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany.

Images:

Christian Marclay, Sleeves and Covers (Sixteen 7”/No 22), 2025, unique monoprint on Somerset paper, © Christian Marclay, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Christian Marclay, Oculi (Looking), 2025, nine record covers and sleeves © Christian Marclay, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Christian Marclay, Oculi (Lip Reading), 2025, three record covers and sleeves, © Christian Marclay, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco