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Landscape for fire is a major work by Anthony McCall. The film recounts a performance where characters in white, light up fires in a very orchestrated choreography of lights in a vast flat landscape. The performance is carefully planned – the fires are lit and geometrically aligned in a precise temporal progression. The appearance of the characters is preceded by a a horn, playing on our perception of a distant sound, strange and scary, suggesting a limit or a hazard. The crackling of matches, the ignition of gasoline, and the brisk breeze of the wind helps us to feel part of this strange celebration as we face the elements air, earth, and fire. A radical breath streams through the work. The editing of the film multiplies perspective: creation, presence, disappearance inhabit this powerful and original work.
Since the 70s, the British artist Anthony McCall has continued to push the boundaries of art. Exploring the boundaries between cinema and sculpture, he uses light and time as his signature materials. His work spans across drawing, installation, and performance, one of his preferred mediums. McCall is a key figure of British avant-garde film from the 70s. His first films retrace his outdoor performances. Experimental film in 16mm is one of his main mediums that he uses in confrontation with sculpture and performance. McCall is an indispensable reference to a younger generation of artists working in video and installation in England and abroad. Anthony McCall was born in Great Britain in 1946. He lives and works in New York.
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Epiphany…learnt through hardship is composed of a bronze sculpture depicting the model of the little dancer of Degas, in the pose of a female nude photographed by Edward Weston (Nude, 1936) accompanied by a blue cube...
Remembering Indigenous Artist and Organizer Klee Benally Skip to content In 2011, Klee Benally and his wife Princess Benally collaborated with artist Chip Thomas on a public art project in Downtown Flagstaff featuring the two gazing at each other with the words “What we do to the mountain, we do to ourselves.” (image courtesy Chip Thomas) chip thomas In 2011, Klee Benally and his wife Princess Benally collaborated with artist Chip Thomas on a public art project in Downtown Flagstaff featuring the two gazing at each other with the words “What we do to the mountain, we do to ourselves.” (image courtesy Chip Thomas) chip thomas In 2011, Klee Benally and his wife Princess Benally collaborated with artist Chip Thomas on a public art project in Downtown Flagstaff featuring the two gazing at each other with the words “What we do to the mountain, we do to ourselves.” (image courtesy Chip Thomas) chip thomas PHOENIX — Multiple communities are mourning the loss of Klee Benally, an anti-colonial Indigenous activist, installation artist, filmmaker, and musician whose work centered around land rights, Indigenous liberation, and climate justice...
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