Anthony McCall
Saint Paul's Cray, 1946.
Anthony McCall explores projected light as a volume that can be navigated. His solid-light installations connect cinema, sculpture and drawing.
Artwork in the collection
Face to Face II, 2013
About the artwork
Face to Face II is a two-projection video installation activated by the audience’s presence. Light, shadow and mist generate an ephemeral space in which visitors perceive seemingly solid walls of light. As they pass through them, their bodies transform the experience, producing new geometries and relationships with the architecture.
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Artistic career: Anthony McCall
Career and projects
Anthony McCall began his series of solid-light installations in 1973 with Line Describing a Cone. His work occupies a space between sculpture, cinema and drawing: projected light becomes a volume evolving in space. His career has been presented at institutions including the Whitney Museum, Tate, Centre Pompidou, MoMA, Serpentine Gallery and HangarBicocca. His works are held in collections including Tate, MoMA, MACBA, Whitney and Centre Pompidou.