I'm sure expanded cinema fans on both these lists will be excited to know of
Anthony McCall's arrival in New Zealand for an exhibition in Wellington, as
part of the International Arts Festival, and a series of talks around the
country, and in Brisbane.
Key dates are:
Exhibition, 24 February - 25 April 2010
Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
Anthony McCall: Drawing with Light
Lectures:
Wellington at the Denis and Verna Adam Auditorium, City Gallery, Wellington at
6pm on Wednesday 24 February 2010.
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth at 6pm on Thursday 25 February
Conference Room at the University of Auckland, 6pm on Tuesday 2 March
Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane at 6pm on Thursday 11 March 2010.
Special performance of Line Describing a Cone
Wellington Town Hall
Monday 15 March 2010, 7pm
Here are some links:
http://www.nzfestival.nzpost.co.nz/visual-arts/anthony-mccall-drawing-with-light
http://www.adamartgallery.org.nz/current-exhibition/
http://www.adamartgallery.org.nz/calendar/
http://www.otherfilm.org/yebisu.html
Here's the full blurb from the Adam Art Gallery website:
"[A solid light film] exists only in the present: the moment of projection. It
refers to nothing beyond this real time. It contains no illusion. It is a
primary experience, not secondary: i.e., the space is real, not referential;
the time is real, not referential. No longer is one viewing position as
good as
any other
every viewing position presents a different aspect. The viewer
therefore has a participatory role in apprehending the event: he or she can,
indeed needs, to move around relative to the slowly emerging light form."
Anthony McCall, 1974
Anthony McCall is a key figure in the history of avant-garde cinema. He has
carved a unique position in contemporary art by bridging the gaps between the
cinematic, the sculptural and the pictorial by means of his
extraordinary solid light films, which manifest as immersive installations
made by drawing in real space with projected light.
The Adam Art Gallery is bringing McCall and his solid light films to New
Zealand for the first time. Anthony McCall: Drawing with Light, a major
exhibition timed to coincide with the 2010 New Zealand International Arts
Festival, will be an opportunity to experience McCalls solid light
installations in the complex and labyrinthine spaces of the Adam Art Gallery,
and will offer insights into the full range of his output and working process
showing a range of drawings, films and photographic works produced across the
entire history of his practice.
A public programme of artist talks, film screenings, and discussion
will expand
on the exhibition to place the works of this British-born, New York-based
artist in context.
A highlight of this programme includes the one-off opportunity to view Line
Describing a Cone (1973), McCalls first solid light film. This will be
presented at the Wellington Town Hall, in conjunction with the New
Zealand Film
Archive, at 7pm on Monday 15 March 2010.
You will also be able to hear the artist speak about his work. The first
lecture in McCalls tour of New Zealand and Australia will take place in
Wellington at the Denis and Verna Adam Auditorium, City Gallery, Wellington at
6pm on Wednesday 24 February 2010. This will be followed by lectures at the
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth at 6pm on Thursday 25 February; the
Conference Room at the University of Auckland hosted by Auckland City
Councils
Public Art Team at 6pm on Tuesday 2 March, and at the Institute of Modern Art
in Brisbane at 6pm on Thursday 11 March 2010.
Anthony McCalls works feature in major international collections including
Tate Gallery, London, England; the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; the
Musée National dArt Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; the
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA; the Museu dArt
Contemporani de
Barcelona, Spain; and the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany.
Anthony McCall currently lives and works in New York. He is represented
by Sean
Kelly Gallery, New York; Thomas Zander, Cologne and Galerie Martine Aboucaya,
Paris.
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