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 vast two-site retrospective proves, Caro’s best work remains audacious, or alluring and disarmingA sculpture called Window stands by a real window. The sun slants in,making a wedge of light luminous on the floor. Anthony Caros 1964-65 work leans toward the light, making way for it but also gesturing absent. An olive-painted grille filters the view. Other, or 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. support on looking,support 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