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Anthony McCall — Line Describing a Cone
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Shadow as Material
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Spatial Construction
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-066
Origin:
NYC, London
Era:
1970s–present
Themes / Lineage:
light volume • perceptual geometry
Field Notes:
light • shadow • cone
Quiet Modernism appears here as shadow treated as material presence.

Shadow as Material

Anthony McCall — Line Describing a Cone

Darkness gains density.

Presence thickens.

Shadow holds weight.

What gains density?
Shadow is usually understood as immaterial, yet it thickens visually. Darkness acquires weight. What continues is presence formed through obscurity.

Shadow is usually understood as immaterial, yet it thickens visually.

Darkness acquires weight.

What continues is presence formed through obscurity.

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