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Anthony McCall

1946

WA-00003037

InstallationContemporary

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WikidataQ324807

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Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy· 85%

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Sean-Kellyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/anthony-mccall
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Spruth-Magershttps://spruethmagers.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/34597
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Anthony McCall is a British-born, New York-based artist known for his "solid light" installations, in which projected beams of light interact with haze-filled rooms to produce slowly evolving three-dimensional sculptural forms. His seminal 1973 work "Line Describing a Cone" reframed cinema as a physical, spatial experience rather than a screen-based one, positioning the projected beam itself as the artwork. His installations have been presented at institutions including the Serpentine Gallery and the Whitney Museum of American Art. McCall's practice sits at the intersection of film, sculpture, and architecture, treating light as a tangible material.

Source: Sean Kelly · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Artworks (3)

Line Describing a Cone

1973 · Film, 16 mm, projection

duration: 30 min projection: 3000 x 4000 mm overall display dimensions variable

Tate

Water Table

1972 · Six gelatin silver prints

Each 11 x 14 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Miniature in Black and White

1972 · Eighty-one 35mm black and white slides (continuous loop), carousel slide projector, and miniature Plexiglas screen

Installation: 63 x 11 x 24" (160 x 27.9 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Line Describing a Cone
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
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Anthony McCall Solid Light Films EYE Film Institute Netherland October 2014 1

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Whitgift School

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Ravensbourne University London

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