Into the Light: the Projected Image in American Art, 1964–1977

Oct 18, 2001–Jan 27, 2002

A projector casting a blue crescent moon and light beam on a dark wall.
A projector casting a blue crescent moon and light beam on a dark wall.

Anthony McCall, Line Describing a Cone, 1973. 16mm film installation, black-and-white, silent, 30 min., with fog machine, overall: 9 3/4 × 18 × 35 in. (24.8 × 45.7 × 88.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film and Video Committee 2001.248. © 1973 Anthony McCall

Into the Light: the Projected Image in American Art, 1964–1977 was curated by Chrissie Iles.


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