Yorkshire as a region, has a rich tradition at inspiring sculptors — it is where Barbara Hepworth formed her artistic practice as well as Henry Moore. The Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle is currently the site of a survey for another artist greatly influenced by the region: the late Sir Anthony Caro (1924-2013).Some 80 works spanning 60 years of Caro’s career are now on view at four of Yorkshire’s most influential visual arts organizations: the Henry Moore Institute (Moore was a mentor of Caro’s), The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which collectively make up the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle. The varied exhibition spaces offer different means of engaging with Caro’s works, and reveal the sculptor’s storied relationship to Yorkshire. On view are early figurative studies on paper, some annotated by Moore while Caro served as his assistant, and a presentation of jewelry that reveals his art form on a wearable scale. Most recognizable in the artist’s oeuvre are his large-scale works, which feature prominently in the open-air park.The works present in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park highlights the rich relationship Caro had with painting and materials, while in The Hepworth Wakefield the exhibition explores his thoughts on architecture, illustrated through his quote, “Sculpture hovers between painting and architecture… I begin to grasp how close in thinking are the worlds of the painter, sculpture and architect.”A selection called “Last Sculptures” created before the artist’s death is also debuting for the first time in the UK."Caro in Yorkshire” is on view through November 1 at the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle.
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