STEEL, RUSTED
93 x 139 x 85 INCHES
COURTESY OF THE NANCY A. NASHER AND DAVID J. HAEMISEGGER COLLECTION
British sculptor Anthony Caro came into prominence in the 1960s for employing found steel and industrial objects in abstract sculptural compositions often painted in a single, bright color.
Anthony Caro’s River Song and his nearby work Clouds, come from Caro’s Park Avenue Series, where the artist was invited to place works of sculpture on the broad, grassy medians of Park Avenue in Manhattan. While the project never came to fruition, Caro reconfigured several of the sculptures he had planned for Park Avenue into individual works of art. The artist intended the works to be viewed by people driving by in their cars as well as pedestrians strolling along the avenues. At NorthPark, visitors are similarly able to view the pieces from a myriad of angles including from the second floor above.
