Anthony McCall
Biography
1946, St. Paul’s Cray, England. Lives and works in New York, USA
Anthony McCall’s research articulates concepts related to cinema, performance art, sculpture and drawing. The artist became known for his “solid-light” sculptures – projected animations tridimensionalized by the emission of smoke, which arouse feelings in the observer while beckoning for interactivity. At the beginning of his career, McCall was also outstanding in the English cinematographic vanguard for his production of films based on minimalist performances made outdoors, in England.
Anthony McCall graduated in design from Ravenbourne-College of Art and Design (1968, London). He has held solo shows at prominent institutions such as the Denver Art Museum (2019, USA), the Contemporary Art Museum (2013, St. Louis, USA), Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin (2012, Germany), Tate Modern (2012, London, England), Moderna Museet (2009, Stockholm, Sweden), Hangar Bicocca (2009, Milan, Italy), Pompidou Metz (2009, France), Serpentine Gallery (2007, London, England), Tate Britain (2004, London, England) and MoMA-NY (1976, USA). He has participated in group shows at venues which most notably include the Museum of Modern Art (2016, San Francisco, USA), Whitney Museum (2016, New York, USA), the Fundação Serralves (2011, Porto, Portugal), MoMA-NY (2011, USA), Guggenheim Museum (2010, New York, USA), Itaú Cultural (2009, São Paulo), the 37th and 38th editions of the Venice Biennale (1976 and 1978, Italy) and documenta 6 (1977, Kassel, Germany). His works figure in public and private collections such as those of the Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, Maryland, USA), the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, France), MoMa-NY (USA), and the Tate (London, England). In 2006, the artist received the special prize of the International Association of Art Critics, in Germany.
Works
Exhibitions
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LB/Online Video Festival
28 April 2020 - 3 April 2021On this Friday, December 11, we have finalized the selection of works for the Online Video Festival. The idea for this festival arose before the pandemic, and it is being...Read more -
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27 November - 27 February 2015Curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, Maria Montero and Rafael Vogt Maia Rosa, the show is the last one presented in the space at Gomes de Carvalho street, as in 2016 the gallery will move to a house designed by Rino Levi at Jardim Europa. The selection of works includes pieces by artists such as Regina Silveira, Nelson Leirner, Marina Abramović, Geraldo de Barros, Rochelle Costi, Caio Reisewitz, Thomaz Farkas and Tiago Tebet, exhibited exactly at the same location where they where originally shown in the gallery.Read more -
Anthony McCall
8 February - 15 March 2014A referencial name in transdisciplinary practices, British USA-based artist Anthony McCall articulates languages ​​such as sculpture, installation, performance , architecture, cinema and design . This show complements the retrospective held...Read more