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Anthony Caro Biography

Sculptor

Anthony Caro is a British sculptor renowned for his innovative welded metal sculptures. His works broke with traditional sculptural forms, pioneering a new chapter in modern sculpture.

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“I would like to continue being radical. As you get older, some of the world catches up and it's passed you. In the '60s you were on the crest of a wave because you were part of the wave. I don't want be a stick in the mud and do the same thing as I did last year, I want to do something different and see what happens.”

World Want Years Different Happens Lasts Aging Sticks Wave Radical Last Year Mud

Author:Anthony Caro

“Let the work speak for itself.”

Speak Communication Good Guy

Author:Anthony Caro

“Steel is such a nice material to use. It can move. It's terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang! you're there: it's so direct. I think Manet was very direct, he didn't prepare his canvases like Courbet, he just put paint straight on and it's very like that with steel.”

Thinking Use Moving Easy Nice Cutting Materials Direct Sticks Paint Steel Bangs

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“Scale is very, very important, like the scale of a person is very important. It's to do with the size of our space, the fact they are big sculptures, they are still human scale.”

Humans Persons Stills Important Facts Bigs Space Size Scales Sculpture

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“Art comes from art: I remember going to the Matisse show and seeing how Matisse had taken one of his own paintings, worked from it and transformed it, and that had led on to the next one and the next.”

Art Shows Remember Next Taken Seeing Painting Transformed The Next One Matisse

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“But I don't think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair.”

Thinking Doe Tables Everyday Chairs Everyday Life Sculpture

Author:Anthony Caro

“Early One Morning takes time and, I mean, all things like that I felt were very important.”

Mean Important Felt Morning All Things Take Time

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“So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital.”

Viewers Sculpture

Author:Anthony Caro

About the Author

Born: March 8, 1924
Died: October 23, 2013
Known for: Sculptor
Quotes: 8

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