About

Anthony Caro first exhibited a collection of book sculptures at Annely Juda Fine Art in 1998. Having largely avoided the use of clay (Caro favoured metal in his foray into abstraction from the early 1960’s), an introduction to the German ceramist, Hans Spinner, in the early 1990s sparked an interest in the material and the original stoneware books were begun in 1995. In 2011 Caro re-discovered the material and began experimenting with different combinations of steel appendages, incorporating workshop tools into the folds and creases of clay.

The inspiration for the nine abstract Bronzes in …