An exhibition of work by British-born artist Anthony McCall is currently being exhibited at both the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York through January 30th, 2010 and Gallery Thomas Zander in Koln, Germany through February 20th, 2010.  Entitled ‘Leaving (with Two-minute Silence),’ McCall’s new work of  ‘solid light’ presentations are comprised of digital videos of carefully choreographed, intersecting lines and curves. The collections of intersecting shapes are projected in dark, haze-filled rooms and result in three-dimensional forms, constructed purely from light. The exhibition is interactive, and as the viewers move in and out of the projected light beams,  they must reconcile their perceived sense of fixed, three dimensional objects with the actual mutable properties that light possesses.

McCall’s work emphasizes the sculptural qualities of beams of light.

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