Anthony caro

Find out more about the 2015 exhibition Anthony Caro: Works from the 1960s at Gagosian Beverly Hills. Installation views, works, editorial content, press, and more.

‘Early One Morning’, Sir Anthony Caro, 1962

Era nato nel 1924, e nonostante le primavere fossero quasi 90 Anthony Caro, britannico del Surrey, non aveva smesso di progettare. Tra qualche mese avrebbe dovuto infatti “debuttare” di nuovo, dopo tanti anni, con una mostra nella sede londinese di Gagosian, dopo essere stato l’artista del Roof del Metropolitan nell’estate di due anni fa, prima …

Find out more about the 2013 exhibition Anthony Caro: Park Avenue Series at Gagosian Britannia Street, London. Installation views, works, editorial content, press, and more.

Child’s Tower Room (1984) If you’re looking for inspiration for the contest, mull over the work of British sculptor Anthony Caro (credited, arguably, with removing sculpture from its plinth)… Duccio Variations No. 5 (2000) Millibank Steps (2004) Table Piece ccclxxviiii Chelsea ziggurats (1997) made from railroad ties! and his most playscape-ish piece, “Tower of Discovery”, 1991 - Read the rest...

Jonathan Jones: Britain loses one of its finest sculptors, and the Turner prize 2013 exhibition opens its doors

The sacred purpose of art is to invite us to question and to re-examine experience. Art that does not set out to do this, which does no more than reassure or reaffirm, cannot be called art at all, but entertainment. This process of re-examination can work at all levels and in all areas of our experience, ranging from the moral dilemmas posed by Henrik Ibsen, to the sensually austere sound world presented by Anton Webern.

Wishing we could be anywhere but here: an LA gallery show, a Copenhagen vintage pop-up, or a 1950s apartment belonging to none other than Ettore Sottsass.

b. March 8, 1924, Surrey, England d. October 23, 2013, London, England Sir Anthony Caro’s (1924-2013) prestigious career spanned six decades, during which he received numerous honors, critical acclaim, and widespread renown as one of Britain’s most important sculptors. Knighted by the Queen of England in 1987, Caro was appointed to the Order of Merit (OM) in 2000. Caro’s work is represented in over 150 museums and other public collections worldwide, and he received a lifetime achievement…