Sir Anthony Caro

1924–2013

Sir Anthony Caro, ‘Emma Dipper’ 1977
Emma Dipper 1977
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In the Studio: Studio Practice

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In Tate Liverpool

Ideas Depot: Ideas Depot

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Walk Through British Art: 1960

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Sir Anthony Alfred Caro (8 March 1924 – 23 October 2013) was an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using 'found' industrial objects. His style was of the modernist school, having worked with Henry Moore early in his career. He was lauded as the greatest British sculptor of his generation.

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  • Sir Anthony Caro, ‘Early One Morning’ 1962

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    New generation sculpture

    New generation sculpture were a group of young British sculptors working in the 1960s, who experimented with materials, forms and …

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    Chris Killip , Scott Myles , Caroline Corbeau-Parsons and Lydia Gifford

    Chris Killip, Scott Myles, Caroline Corbeau-Parsons and Lydia Gifford reflect on a work in the Tate collection that has inspired them
  • Sir Anthony Caro, ‘Early One Morning’ 1962

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    Anthony Caro's Early One Morning

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    Tate Etc. at Tate Britain / Artists' Perspectives
  • Nigel Shafran Will Selfs’s office 2006

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    Art for fiction's sake: The art of writing

    Will Self

    In the Studio: Will Self tracks the ever-changing relationship between the literary and visual arts from John Keats to J.G. Ballard
  • Anthony Caro Millbank Steps 2005

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    When art meets architecture: Anthony Caro retrospective

    Richard MacCormac

    Richard MacCormac reflects on the relationship between sculpture and architecture in the light of a visit to Anthony Caro's retrospective …
  • Richard Deacon Interior of Niels Dietrichs ceramic studio in Cologne with Richard Deacons work including Flower for St Ives exhibition

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    The material world: Richard Deacon

    Tony Cragg

    Sculpture was historically the domain of the artist-worker, armed with hammer and chisel. Now the artist may use any material …
  • Sir Anthony Caro, ‘Early One Morning’ 1962

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    Early one morning: Anthony Caro

    Charles Ray and Michael Fried

    Sculptors and architects both work with form in space, albeit on different scales and using varying methods. Anthony Caro, known …
  • Sir Anthony Caro, ‘Early One Morning’ 1962

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    The poetics of space

    Anthony Caro and Norman Foster

    Sculptors and architects both work with form in space, albeit on different scales and using varying methods. Anthony Caro, known …
  • Keith Farquhar John Lewis Partnership 2000

    Tate Papers

    Awkward Relations

    Neil Mulholland

    This paper focuses on practices that captured critical and curatorial attention in Scotland and England at the turn of this …

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