This exhibition is the first large-scale solo exhibition of British artist Antony McCall in Taiwan. It reviews and presents McCall's creative process of continuous exploration over the past 50 years, including his early iconic performance video work Landscape for Fire (1972), four representative horizontal Solid Light space installations, and a vertical model installation. The exhibition also exhibits drawing drafts, video photography, and documentary documents based on the concept of documentation, constructing an immersive experience that integrates film, sculpture, architecture, and poetic time.
Anthony McCall is one of the important pioneers of experimental film and performance art in the 1970s. He broke through the traditional way of watching movies, releasing light and shadow from the screen and transforming it into a "sculptural space" that viewers can walk through. Since 2003, he has used computer programs to accurately control the trajectory of light beams and developed a "solid light" series based on fog and darkness, turning light from a viewing medium into a concrete and tangible constructive force. The installation works exhibited this time will outline flowing lines, curves and volumes in the exhibition space of Fubon Museum of Art. When the viewer's body moves in the light and shadow, it also becomes a part of the work.
The exhibition opens with Landscape of Fire, a representative video work combining “behavior” and “landscape” in the 1970s, which demonstrates his ability to transform everyday elements into rituals and structures, and also foreshadows his deep thinking about space, time and perception in the future. Drawings and related documents reveal his experimental and conceptual process before the light sculptures, showing the rigorous logic and poetic language behind his creations.
McCall’s work is not only an experiment in form and structure, but also a reflection on “watching itself”. He extends the audience’s gaze to the interactive relationship between body and space, inviting us to experience the flow of time and the deep call of perception in the purest black and light, stillness and movement.
Between minimalism and poetic perception, McCall has established a new rhythm of viewing, and also opened up a more private and deeper spiritual experience. In the Fubon Museum of Art, a contemporary art venue located in the heart of the city, "Anthony McCall: Meeting You in the Light" is not only a visual innovation experience, but also a dialogue on space, perception and existence.