Isabel Seligman investigates the unlikely tension between foundry and fountains,
girders among the gardeners Shining in 24 - carat gold on Chatsworth's famous facade, the family motto — «Cavendo tutus» («safety through caution»)-- can be picked out between the
rusted steel ziggurats of Anthony Caro's monumental «Goodwood Steps».
Yet many institutions house good, big works, by good, big artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Paul McCarthy and Chris Burden (whose work here, Beam Drop, 1984/2009, 70
rust - red
girders protruding messily upright from high ground overlooking a soaring vista, is particularly affecting).