Anthony McCall

b. 1946

Anthony McCall is a British-born New York-based artist. He studied graphic design and photography at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design from 1964 to 1968. McCall was a key figure in the avant-garde London Film-makers Co-operative in the 1970s and is best known for his ‘solid-light’ installations, a series that he began in 1973.

His work occupies a space between sculpture, cinema and drawing that often takes the form of large-scale, immersive sculptural light installations that incorporate the visitor and invite them to become active participants in the work.

McCall’s work has been exhibited at, amongst others: Centre Pompidou, Paris (2004); Tate Britain, London (2004); SFMoMA (2007); Serpentine Gallery, London (2007-8); Hangar Bicocca, Milan (2009); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2009); Serralves, Porto (2011); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2012); Kunstmuseum St Gallen – Lokremise (2013); Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam (2014); Lugano Arte e Cultura (2015); Pioneer Works (2018); Hepworth Wakefield (2018); and Albright Knox Art Gallery (2019).

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