Anthony Caro
Anthony Caro
Sir Anthony Alfred Caro OM CBEwas 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth8 March 1924
left life question work
But I don't think you really question the work. The work is there, it' s made, it's got it's own character, it's got it's own life and it's left you.
space important facts
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.
nice moving cutting
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.
morning mean important
Early One Morning takes time and, I mean, all things like that I felt were very important.
art taken next
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.
sculpture viewers
So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital.
years world want
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.
communication good-guy speak
Let the work speak for itself.
thinking everyday sculpture
But I don't think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair.
early mean
I mean another thing I thought was, for example, important about Early One Morning, how long it is and you don't get it all in one.