Anthony Caro
The artist
Anthony Caro was born in 1924 in New Malden, England, and died in 2013. Considered to be one of the greatest sculptors of the last fifty years, Sir Anthony Caro took the norms and even the definitions of sculpture in new directions. He experimented with a wide range of different materials, such as sculptures made from welded or assembled metal parts, painted metal constructions and bronze table-top pieces. His work is rooted in a radical exploration of space.
Exhibitions
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More real, more felt
January 8 - March 5, 2022
Paris - Beaubourg -
Les années 70 – 80
March 16 - May 11, 2019
Paris - Grenier Saint Lazare -
Table Pieces and Late Sculptures
June 1st - July 22, 2017
Brussels -
Last Works
September 6 - October 25, 2014
Paris - Beaubourg -
Sculptures Récentes
November 7 - December 21, 2013
Brussels -
Upright Sculptures
September 4 - October 30, 2010
Paris - Beaubourg -
Recent Galvanised Sculptures
September 6 > November 3, 2008
Paris - Beaubourg -
Sculptures
March 5 - April 20, 2005
Paris - Beaubourg
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1924 in New Malden, London, UK |
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| Residence | Died in 2013, London, UK |
| Education | 1944 M.A. Engineering, Christ’s College, Cambridge, UK 1952 Conservative training at Royal Academy Schools, London, UK 1951–53 Assistant to Henry Moore |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2022 | More real, more felt, Galerie Templon, Paris, France |
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| 2021 | From September – The Presence of Sculpture and Exploring Space: Sculpture 1966-69, two exhibitions at The Anthony Caro Centre, London, UK |
| 2020 | Anthony Caro: The Last Judgement, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 | Anthony Caro at Cliveden , Cliveden House, Taplow, Maidenhead, UK Anthony Caro: Iron in the Soul at Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK Ausgang offen: Neues aus der Sammlung, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany Negativer Raum, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnolo, Karlsruhe, Germany Anthony Caro - Seven Decades, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK |
| 2017 | Caro at Van Buuren Museum, Van Buuren, Brussels, Belgium Table Pieces and Last Sculptures at Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium Anthony Caro: Paper Like Steel at New Art Centre, Roche Court, UK Anthony Caro, Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany and Skulpturenhalle: Thomas Schütte Foundation, Germany |
| 2016 | New Music in New Casks, CVNE, Haro, Spain Arena Pieces at Galeria Alvaro Alcazar, Madrid, Spain Bronze and Book Sculptures at Annely Juda Fine art, London, UK CARO at CVNE at CVNE vineyard, Haro, La Rioja, Spain |
| 2015 | Caro in Yorkshire, Yorkshire Sculpture Park Center, Yorkshire, UK Solo exhibition of early works at Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
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GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
| 2022 | Caro and North American Painters, Gagosian, London, UK |
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| 2020 | Troy: myth and reality, British Museum, Londres, UK |
| 2019 | MOMAT Collection, National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Picasso–Gorky–Warhol: Sculptures and works on paper from the Hubert Looser Collection, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Swizterland Out of Office, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland Coleção Berardo de 1960 à atualidade, Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal Negativer Raum, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Anthony Caro & Jules Olitski : les années 70-80, Galerie Templon, Paris, France |
| 2018 | 50 Years, 50 Artists, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK Ausgang offen: Neues aus der Sammlung, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany On Edge, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, USA As Far as the Eye Can See New Insight into the Würth Collection, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany |
| 2017 | Carved, Cast, Constructed: British Sculpture 1951 – 1991, Marlborough Fine Art London, London, UK Kaleidoscope, Mead Gallery - Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK The Collector Curates, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK Restless Gestures - Selected works from the Hubert Looser collection, The National Gallery Oslo, Norway Coleccion XVI : Escala, CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain |
| 2016 | First Drawings and Last Sculptures at Mitchell Innes and Nash, New York, USA On the Subject of the Ready-made, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany Artist Boss, New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK Kunst in Europa 1945–1968, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany A Selection of Modern British, American and European Painting and Sculpture, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, UK Retooled, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA Mot Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo, Japan |
| 2015 | Hoyland, Caro, Noland, Pace Gallery, London, UK Rendezvous der Länder - Neuhängung der Sammlung Peter C. Ruppert – Konkrete Kunst in Europa nach 1945, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany Tres escultores ingleses (1952-1982), Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain |
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AWARDS
| 1947 | Landseer Scholarship, First Landseer Award, Royal Academy Schools, London, UK |
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| 1966 | David E Bright Foundation Prize, Venice Biennale, Italy |
| 1968 | Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of East Anglia, UK |
| 1969 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire, UK |
| 1979 | Honorary Member of American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters, USA |
| 1982-89 | Trustee, Tate Gallery, London, UK |
| 1982-92 | Member of Council, Slade School of Art, London, UK |
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
| Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland, UK | |
| Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA | |
| Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA | |
| Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA | |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia | |
| Art Gallery of North Carolina, Newbarn, USA | |
| Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada |
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Press
News
Anthony Caro
ANTHONY CARO – SOLO SHOW
SKULPTURENHALLE, Thomas Schütte Stiftung, Holtzheim, GermanyFrom 10/09/2017 to 17/12/2017
The Skulpturenhall presents a comprehensive show dedicated to Sir Anthony Caro’s work, including models of this sculptures, curated Dieter Schwarz.
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ANTHONY CARO – SOLO EXHIBITION
GARDENS OF THE MUSEUM, MUSEE VAN BUUREN, BRUSSELS, BELGIUMFrom 5/10/2017 to 10/8/2017
The van Buuren Museum, in collaboration with the Caro Foundation and the Daniel Templon Gallery, has decided to exhibit the work of a major name, not only in English sculpture, but also on the international stage: Anthony Caro (1924-2013). The artist’s sculptures will grace this stunning setting during the spring and summer of 2017.
Even though modern and contemporary sculpture follows in the footsteps of the previous centuries, there is one significant difference: it has become autonomous and no longer fulfils a specific function. Modern-day artists express themselves in all freedom. Anthony Caro, much acclaimed for his innovative approach of removing the sculpture from its plinth and encouraging direct interaction between viewers and the work, exemplifies this trend magnificently. He saw sculpture as a form of art that opens up onto space.
Visitors will have an opportunity to lose the world in the paths of the park’s Labyrinth, to peacefully meditate in the Jardin du Cœur, both designed by René Pechère, and to explore the marvellously picturesque garden or stroll through the recently restored rose gardens Jules Buyssens originally created.
Galerie Templon will be presenting ‘Table Pieces and Late Sculptures’, an original collection of indoor sculptures by Sir Anthony Caro in Brussels from June 1 to July 22, echoing the exhibition of his works in the gardens of the Musée Van Buuren.
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NEW MUSIC IN NEW CASKS – SOLO SHOW
CVNE, HARO, SPAINFrom 03/16/2016 to 10/16/2016
Leading family-owned Rioja winery, Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana, is to host an exhibition by British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro at its Cune Winery in Haro this year. The exhibition, entitled New Music in New Casks, will feature 23 of Caro’s sculptures.
Caro, who died in 2013, is widely regarded as one of the greatest British sculptors of the 20th century. He began his career working with Henry Moore, and was knighted for his contribution to the arts in 1987.
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CARO IN YORKSHIRE
HEPWORTH WAKEFIELS, YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK CENTRE AND OPEN AIR, GREAT BRITAINFrom 07/18/2015 to 11/01/2015
Caro in Yorkshire is a major Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle project that celebrates and commemorates the extraordinary career of SIr Anthony Caro (1924–2013). Distinct yet complementary exhibitions at The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park consider respectively Caro’s concerns with the horizontal plane and painting, given context through an academic programme at the prestigious Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
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ANTHONY CARO. MASTERPIECES FROM THE WüRTH COLLECTION
MUSÉE WÜRTH FRANCE ERSTEIN
The Musée Würth France hosts a retrospective memorial exhibition devoted to the greatest English sculptor of his generation, Anthony Caro, who died October 2013. The exhibition titled, Anthony Caro. Masterpieces from the Würth Collection, showcases an exceptional range of his works drawn from the past 40 years. The Würth Collection of Caro is the largest in Europe. The large room on Musée Würth’s ground floor is unique in being able to display the artist’s most important sculpture of the 90’s, The Last Judgement. Shown for the first time in France, this narrative sculpture comments on the realities of a millennium torn by war, atrocities, greed and excess. It draws its inspiration from Greek mythology, Biblical writings and art history.
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CARO AT CORRER MUSEUM
Correr Museum, Venice, Italy
From Saturday 1st June to Sunday 27th October 2013 The splendid rooms of the Museo Correr will be the setting for the first major Italian retrospective dedicated to one of the greatest of living sculptors: Sir Anthony Caro (New Malden, Surrey, 1924). The versatile British artist has radically “revolutionised” his art. After a strictly figurative beginning, under the influence of his teacher, Henry Moore, he drifted away from sculptural tradition to create revolutionary assemblages, welded and bolted together, painted in bright colours and positioned on the floor within the viewer’s space; these were abstract works but rich in ideal content. This new, fascinating sculptural language established him as a key figure in the development of 20th century sculpture alongside David Smith, Mark Di Suvero and Richard Serra. (…)
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CARO AT CHATSWORTH
Chatsworth, United Kingdom
From March 28th to Jully 1st 2012 The Chatsworth House Trust and the New Art Centre, Roche Court Sculpture Park, are proud to present ‘Caro at Chatsworth’. This will be the first exhibition dedicated to the work of a single artist to be held in the garden at Chatsworth and will comprise 15 sculptures by Sir Anthony Caro sited around the famous Emperor Fountain, in front of the south façade at Chatsworth. (…)
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ANTHONY CARO: WORKS FROM THE HOUSE SERIES
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, United Kingdom
From March 17th to July 1st 2012 YSP is showing a selection of never seen before small bronze sculptures from the House series, in the YSP Centre to celebrate the major exhibition of work by one of Britain’s leading sculptors at Chatsworth from 28 March to 1 July 2012. (…)
