Discover the artist The National Trust The National Trust and Blain|Southern and Blain|Southern present are delighted to announce an exhibition by internationally renowned British sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro OM CBE (1924-2013). Anthony Caro (1924 - 2013) has played a pivotal role Cliveden in the development of twentieth century sculpture. Anthony Caro Curated by Amanda Renshaw, Anthony Caro at After studying sculpture at the Royal Academy Cliveden presents sixteen monumental works across Schools in London, he worked as assistant to Henry Membership the Grade I listed grounds, charting Caro’s career Moore. He came to public attention with a show at at Cliveden and his varied, boundary-pushing approach to the Whitechapel Gallery in 1963, where he exhibited Become a member of the National Trust sculpture. On view from 6 April – 10 November large abstract sculptures. Brightly painted and and enjoy unlimited entry to hundreds 2019, this is the third exhibition presented in standing directly on the of special places, from as little as £6 a collaboration with Blain|Southern at this historic ground, they engaged month. Join in the Information Centre the spectator on a one- today. location. to-one basis. This was a radical departure from the way sculpture had Thank you hitherto been seen and Without you we couldn’t look after Art at Cliveden paved the way for future Cliveden. Every penny you spend in developments in three- our shop, cafes or holiday cottages dimensional art. goes directly back into helping us Exhibiting sculpture outdoors has been a significant Photo: Jonty Wilde Jonty Photo: protect our special places for ever, for feature of the designed landscape at Cliveden since Caro’s teaching at St Martin’s School of Art in London everyone. the 18th century. From large figurative works such as (1953 -1981) was very influential. His questioning Joan of Arc in the Ilex Grove, to decorative architectural Our recent projects have included approach opened up new possibilities, both formally features such as the Borghese Balustrade on the Parterre; restoring the Generator House, South and with regard to subject matter. His innovative work for three centuries new art and design has offered fresh Terrace, Blenheim Pavilion and Feathers as well as his teaching led to a flowering and a new perspectives of Cliveden’s remarkable gardens. confidence in sculpture worldwide. Gate, all only possible with your support. This year visitors have the opportunity of seeing Major exhibitions include retrospectives at the Museum sculptures by an artist widely regarded as the greatest of Modern Art, New York (1975), the Trajan Markets, Where will you see the difference you’re making next? Keep an eye on our British sculptor of his generation. Spanning over 40 Rome (1992), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo website for new conservation projects. years of the artist’s career, the works in the exhibition are (1995), Tate Britain, London (2005), and three museums predominantly installed along Cliveden’s Green Drive – in Pas-de-Calais, France (2008), to accompany the a mile long path that runs the length of the eastern side opening of his Chapel of Light at Bourbourg. Keeping in touch of the estate. /ClivedenNT Anthony Caro has been awarded many prizes, including I am delighted and thrilled to see my father’s sculptures in the Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture in Tokyo in 1992 @ClivedenNT Cliveden’s historic and beautiful grounds. His revolutionary and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Sculpture in cliveden_national_trust approach to sculpture aimed to break down traditional 1997. He holds many honorary degrees from universities , 2000/2003, Courtesy Barford Sculptures Ltd and Blain|Southern. Photo: Jonty Wilde conventions and allow the viewer to engage directly with the Tel: 01628 605069 in the UK, USA and Europe. He was knighted in 1987 and sculpture. Here at Cliveden the unique outdoor setting of the received the Order of Merit in May 2000. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cliveden , Aurora Green Drive with its undulating landscape and long distance views not only allows for his sculptures to be seen as a body of Please do not touch or climb work, but on an individual basis, as you journey from one end on the sculptures. Image: Anthony Caro in his London Studio, 1992 to the other. Courtesy of Barford Sculptures Ltd. Photo: Nicholas Sinclair Anthony Caro Paul Caro Anthony Caro at Cliveden is presented in co-operation with Annely Juda Fine Art. The Exhibition Further Anthony Caro Exhibitions: Spanning works from the early 1950s up to Caro’s last works in 2013, Anthony Caro, Seven Decades is at Annely Blain|Southern is a contemporary art gallery based in London, Juda Fine Art from 1 May – 6 July 2019. Berlin and New York. The Green Drive at Cliveden is a P In 2017 Blain|Southern collaborated with the National Trust mile long avenue that resembles WOODLAND the nave of a gothic cathedral. The £ A further presentation of Caro’s works, Iron in the Soul to present Bernar Venet at Cliveden, the first exhibition in the CAR PARK National Trust’s contemporary arts programme at this historic crowns of its 100 or so year-old oak will be on view at East Gallery, Norwich University of the ENTRANCE Arts from 7 May – 20 July 2019. location. This was followed by an outdoor exhibition of the and beech trees reach up some 30 renowned British sculptor Lynn Chadwick in 2018. metres and touch at their apex like a vaulted ceiling. Here, every day of the week, rain or shine, people Anthony Caro at Cliveden is presented by The National Trust and Blain|Southern in co-operation with Annely Juda Fine Art. come to walk. Alone, in couples, as families, with O their dogs, they may saunter, walk briskly or meander blainsouthern.com across the 14 metre wide path as they make their way N [email protected] M Tel: 020 7493 4492 either to or from the house with its Parterre, or down L to the River Thames. K #CaroatCliveden J @blainsouthern I P H G F Works E Whilst Anthony Caro’s very early sculptures were D C exclusively figurative, the rigorously abstract A assemblages of steel and found industrial objects, A Purling, 1969 for which he is celebrated, continue to maintain B B Star Flight, 2001/2003 a relationship with the human form. Their height, £ apparent solidity or weightlessness; their brightly C Del Rio, 1970/1971 coloured or impenetrable surfaces; their sweeping D Second Sculpture, 1960 shapes and rugged forms, evoke characteristics E Cliff Song, 1976 K Box Tent, 1987/1989 and sensations that are palpable and have distinct F Emma This, 1977 L Belt, 1985 parallels with our own physical selves. COACHES & LARGE M Slow March, 1985 MAIN ENTRANCE G Scorched Flats, 1974 VEHICLES ENTRANCE Caro was one of the world’s most respected, radical H Curtain Road, 1974 N Tympanum, 1987/1990 and influential sculptors. Here at Cliveden, whether I Up Zero, 2008/2009 O Aurora, 2000/2003 marching in step, stubbornly fixated to the spot, or The exhibition is accompanied by J , 1970/1974 P Double Tent, 1987/1993 gracefully hovering above the surface, his sculptures Rip Cord a comprehensive publication with will, for seven months, accompany the walkers on full colour plates detailing all the works WAY OUT their promenade under the trees. Please do not touch or climb on the sculptures. and an essay by Amanda Renshaw..