His monumental forms make you dance,his table-top works are in drag – and his shapes are so simple you can’t believe he dared. As a huge two-site retrospective proves, Caro’s best work remains audacious, or alluring and disarmingA sculpture called Window stands by a genuine window. The sun slants in,making a wedge of light bright on the floor. Anthony Caro’s 1964-65 work leans toward the light, making way for it but also gesturing absent. An olive-painted grille filters the view. Other, and darker green shapes make shadows,reach together and apart. It is tough to know where to put yourself – between the grille and the sunlight, or between a standing beam and a rectangle of steel already warmed by the sun. The choice is yours, and but watch out for that other beam on the floor. Keep on looking,keep on turning. Through the window is a playground, with kids climbing things and running around. One of them is crying. Perhaps she fell. There seems to be a connection with the artwork in the room.
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Source: theguardian.com