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Art Sculpture & Installation

Anthony Caro

Sculpture Laid Bare

edited by Kenneth Brummel

Publisher
Art Gallery of Ontario
Initial publish date
Dec 2016
Category
Sculpture & Installation, General, European
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894243926
    Publish Date
    Dec 2016
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

Sir Anthony Caro revolutionized the medium of sculpture in the 1960s when he moved away from making elaborately modelled, figurative works cast in bronze, instead creating large, abstract assemblages out of prefabricated steel and aluminum elements. Sculpture Laid Bare honours the legacy of this titan of modernist sculpture. Monumental in scale, lyrically evocative and openly constructed, Caro's sculptures foreground their brute materiality and the unvarnished signs of their manufacture.

Anthony Caro: Sculpture Laid Bare showcases four of Caro's late sculptures, some of the most ambitious the artist has ever produced as well as earlier work to demonstrate both the continuity and the divergences with the most recent sculptures. Also included in the book are essays by Kenneth Brummel and New York-based curator and critic Karen Wilkin that consider Caro's sculptures from the perspective of his studio practice and his previous work.

About the author

Kenneth Brummel is the Assistant Curator of Modern Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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