Keith McCarter

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Keith McCarter is a Scottish sculptor, with several works on public display.

Career

McCarter was born in Edinburgh in 1936 and studied at Edinburgh College of Art.{{cite web |title=McCarter, Keith, b.1936 |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artists/mccarter-keith-b-1936 |publisher=Art UK |access-date=17 December 2022 }} He received an Andrew Grant Scholarship which allowed him to travel through Europe including Scandinavia, in 1960 and 1961. He then lived in America until 1963, working for Steuben Glass as a designer. Returning to the UK, he was from 1964 to 1968 a visiting lecturer at Hornsey College of Art.

He is known for his abstract sculptural relief in concrete, Celestial, which was commissioned by, and from 1969 to 2011 adorned the Southampton headquarters of, Ordnance Survey.{{cite news |last1=Major |first1=Kirsty |title=How did a giant sculpture end up gathering moss in a field? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/15/keith-mccarter-concrete-mural-celestial-milton-keynes-field |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=15 December 2022 }} As of December 2022, it was stored in a field in Milton Keynes, while a new home for it was sought.

As his career progressed, he switched from working in concrete to metal.

Several of his works of public art are on display.

Personal life

McCarter's brother Graham also studied art, at Guildford Art College. In later life, McCarter became a full-time carer for his wife, Brenda. She died in 2022.

Works

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| image = Former Ordnance Survey HQ, Maybush, Southampton - geograph.org.uk - 2248358.jpg

| subject = Celestial

| location = Milton Keynes (in storage)

| date = {{Start date|1969}}

| material = Concrete

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| notes =Seen on the former Ordnance Survey HQ, Maybush, Southampton in January 2011.

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| image = Keith McCarter - Abstract Wall Relief (Glasgow) from left.jpg

| subject = Abstract Wall Relief

| location = Elmbank Gardens, Glasgow

| date = 1971 (circa)

| material = Concrete

| dimensions = 260 × 2340cm

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| coordinates = {{Coord|55.864969|-4.269713|type:landmark}}

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| notes = 19, 130cm wide pre-cast concrete blocks, made in conjunction with R. Seifert Company and Partnership

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| image = Ridirich sculpture, Aldgate, City of London.JPG

| subject = Ridirich

| location = Aldgate, City of London

| date = {{Start date|1980}}

| material = Bronze

| dimensions = 350cm (height)

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| notes = Commemorates the centenary of George Wimpey Ltd.

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| subject = The Observer

| location = 1020 19th Street, N.W., Washington DC

| date = {{Start date|1983}}

| material = Bronze

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| coordinates = {{coord|38.903198|-77.043607|region:US_type:landmark}}

| owner = Barnes, Morris, Pardoe, Foster{{cite web | author=Save Outdoor Sculpture! | year=1993 | title=The Observer (sculpture) | work=SOS! | publisher=Smithsonian | url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!323812~!0#focus | access-date=17 December 2022}}

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| subject = Questor

| location = Godwin Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire

| date = {{Start date|1998}}

| material = Metal

| dimensions = 600cm (height)

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| coordinates = {{Coord| 53.7929489|-1.755904|region:GB_type:landmark}}

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