From London it is possible to make a long day trip to Bourbourg, near Calais in France, to see some extraordinary sculpture by Sir Anthony Caro in the Choeur de Lumiere at the church of St Jean Baptiste.
Caro described himself as a surprising choice for the restoration of this war-damaged church, and one can only imagine the controversy his work must have caused in this tiny town. But I can't think of a more effective and successful juxtaposition of ancient and modern; this is a very powerful visual account of Creation, by one of Britain's foremost sculptors, in the Choir of a medieval church.
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