McCall's practice is focused on performance and drawing, yet spans sculpture, video/photography, sound and writing.
In exploring the role of the body, McCall is interested in physicality and the thresholds of materials. Artworks have been made by either carving through the landscape while running, drawing a continuous line with graphite on paper, or holding a bit of the landscape (a rock) as an act of endurance as a performance. Through movement and stillness, the work aims to address what it might mean to be human and expand conceptual-based art practices.
Carali McCall is Canadian born and now lives and works in London, studied at the University of Toronto followed by an MFA at Slade School of Art and a PhD at Central St Martin's.
McCall is co-author of the Bloomsbury publication, Performance Drawing: New Practices since 1945 (2020) and recent ‘Circle Drawing’ and ‘Performing Rock’ performances have been included at Blunk Space in California; Guggenheim in Bilbao, and CLOSE Gallery here in Somerset during our Lines of Empathy group exhibition which was first seen at Patrick Heide Contemporary Art in London earlier in 2023. McCall's most recent solo exhibition was at Gryder Gallery in New Orleans, Intervals of Jupiter I Weight of Things in Oct-Nov this year.
You can currently see McCall’s stunning work, 'Circle Drawing: Green-Black / Gold' alongside other works in our current group exhibition, GOLD until 22 Dec and then 4-20 Jan 2024. Read more here.
