Category Anthony Caro – India
India – Anthony Caro The year is 1976. Outside Anthony Caro’s studio doors, culture and politics are booming. Carter wins the US presidential election against Ford. The the first space shuttle is unveiled, the LAGEOS satellite is launched, and the… Continue Reading →
Background India was created by Caro in 1976. The 70’s brought a very political anti-war movement to America, as well as a spread of Photorealism and the shift from minimalism into post-minimalism across Europe and the states. The abstract movement… Continue Reading →
INDIA BY CARO By Inga Phlegar, Sophie Matthewson and Bailey Bennett A LITTLE BIT ON CARO Sir Anthony Caro was born in 1924 in England. During his childhood, he attended a prestigious boarding school where he first began sculpting… Continue Reading →
ANTHONY CARO INDIA 1976 Anthony Caro was born in in New Malden, England on March 8, 1924 to a Jewish family of five. When he was three years old, his family moved to a small farm in the country. He… Continue Reading →
The significance of this sculpture is to represent how the people of India are pushing towards the powerful elite of the country. When looking at Anthony’s sculpture we can see that the abstract and minimal sculpting was considered. After traveling… Continue Reading →
Anthony Caro Anthony Caro was initially surprised when he heard where India was being placed. Typically he likes to see his sculptures indoors, but Caro, after much thought, was content with the location of India. While he never wanted this… Continue Reading →
Artist Anthony Caro was an abstract/modern artist born March 8, 1924 in New Malden, Surrey. Modernism in other terms is: originality, truth, tradition, linear, and more centered. Anthony is known for minimalism, this can represent his sculptures because he only… Continue Reading →
Karissa Reske, Dana Jennings, Serena Southwick As a group we recreated a smaller rendition of India by Anthony Caro out of project board. Thousands of students rush around campus every day, racing to their classes and hardly ever stopping to… Continue Reading →
For the past century, English-born Anthony Caro (born on March 8, 1924 and deceased on October 23, 2013) has been one of the primary sculptures in the realm of contemporary art. Not only a sculptor, but a fine artist… Continue Reading →
As you step out of Old Main, surely you will notice the rusted, stained sculpture standing proud in the middle of the area. Situated facing the bay with the arboretum behind it and enclosed on the other sides by Old Main… Continue Reading →