Anthony Caro, RA (British b. 1924)
Caro's initial work was figurative in bronze, but 1959 saw a change to non-figurative pieces. He became famous for bolted and welded steel and aluminium sculptures, which were light and graceful and later moved towards monumental works.
He marked a definite move away from the style of both the older artists such as Moore and Hepworth, and his own immediately preceding generation of sculptors such as Butler and Chadwick by creating works, which explored the possibilities of the surface available to him.
The rugged and emphatically non-aesthetic surface of these sculptures combines an intentional heaviness of form with a sense of rugged bravura to create an image of heroic stoicism.
Sculptures such as the important Woman Waking Up (Collection Tate Gallery), use the unusual technique of placing stones and pebbles into the clay base to add extra volume to the forms.
Public collections include
Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate, London
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona
Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Royal Academy of Art, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Bayerische Staatsgem, Munich
National Museum of Art, Osaka
Musée national d'art moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Ministère de la culture, Paris
Galleria civica d'arte moderna, Modena
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich
Museum Solo Exhibitions
2009, From Paper Relief Sculptures, Untitled 1982, Tate Britain, London, UK
2008, Anthony Caro: Sculptures d'acier, Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporain, Dunkirk, France ; Anthony Caro: Papiers et volumes, Musée du Dessin et de l'Estampe Originale, Gravelines, France; Anthony Caro: Les barbares, Musée des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, France; La maquette de Choeur de Lumière, Centre d'Art Sacre Contemporarin de Lille, Lille, France ; Anthony Caro, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France
2007, Anthony Caro: CMA @ MOCA Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2006, The Barbarians, Ivam Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain
2005, Caro in Focus, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA; Anthony Caro, Tate Britain, London, UK
2004, The Way It Is, Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, London, UK - toured to Scripps College, California; Bentley Projects, Phoenix; Garth Clark Gallery, New York as 'A Life in Sculpture: The Kenwood Series'; Caro in Focus: Skulpturen von Anthony Caro 1942-2003, Kunsthalle Würth SchwHall, Germany; The Barbarians, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2003, The Emma Series, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - toured to Meadows Museum, Dallas
2002, Drawing in Space & The Last Judgement, Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
2001, Caro at Longside: Sculpture and Sculpitecture, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK; Anthony Caro: A Sculptor's Development, Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex, UK - toured to Millfield School, Somerset and Chée de Dieppe, France; The Last Judgement Sculpture by Anthony Caro 1995-99, Johanniterhalle, SchwHall, Germany
2000, The Last Judgement, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2010, Upright Sculptures, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France; Caro and Girling, Gallery K, Nicosia, Cyprus; Upright Sculptures, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
2009, Partners, Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam, Holland; The Kenwood Series, Galeria Altair, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
2008, Joyas de Anthony Caro II, Joyerias Grassy, Madrid, Spain; Recent Galvanised Sculptures, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France; Selected Works, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland; The Barbarians, Galeria Alvaro Alcazar, Madrid, Spain
2007, Anthony Caro: Galvanised Sculptures, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA; Anthony Caro: Galvanised Sculptures, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK; Anthony Caro, Venice Design, Venice, Italy; Anthony Caro & Sheila Girling, New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery , Salisbury, UK; Anthony Caro, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006, Anthony Caro, Galeria Altair, Palma, Mallorca, Spain; Joyas de Anthony Caro, Joyerias Grassy, Madrid, Spain
2005, Anthony Caro, Galeria Metta, Madrid, Spain; Sculpture 1966-1983, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, USA - shared show with Daniel Weinberg Gallery; Anthony Caro: Table Top Pieces, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA; Anthony Caro, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France; Painted Sculpture, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA
2004, A Survey: 1960s through 2000, Constantine Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Anthony Caro: Recente sculptuur, Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam, Holland; Pot Ladies, Garth Clark Gallery, Long Island City, New York, USA
2003, Anthony Caro: Sculpture, Greenberg van Doren Gallery, New York, USA; From the Figure, Hubert Gallery, New York, USA; Escultures i obra sobre paper, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain
2002, The Barbarians, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA; Clay Sculptures, Galerie Besson, London; Anthony Caro, Galeria Altair, Palma, Mallorca, Spain; Scultura futura: Riflessioni su Anthony Caro, Galleria Lawrence Rubin, Milan, Italy; Anthony Caro, Galeria Metta, Madrid, Spain
2001, Skulpturen aus fünf Jahrzehnten, Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany; Duccio Variations, Gold Block Series and In Concerto, Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA - toured in reduced version to Marlborough Galeria, Santiago, Chile
2000, Nye Skulpturer, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark; Anthony Caro in Concerto, Venice Design, Venice, Italy; Coloured Sculpture, Ameringer Howard Fine Art, New York, USA - toured to Butler Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
Bibliography
J. BRYANT, Anthony Caro: A Life in Sculpture, Merrell Publishers, 2004
P MOORHOUSE et al, Anthony Caro, Tate Publishing, 2005
D. HICKEY, Anthony Caro: The Barbarians, Mitchell Hines Nash, 2003
I. BARKER, Anthony Caro: Quest for the New Sculpture, Lund Humphries, 2004
P. MOORHOUSE, Anthony Caro: Sculpture Towards Architecture, Tate Publishing, 1991
D. BLUME. Anthony Caro, catalogue raisonné, Milan, 1986