Phillip King

The work of Phillip King (1934-2021) is remarkable for its richness, variety of shapes and materials, and its freedom with which he went from one expression to another. From 1957 to 1958 he studied with Anthony Caro at St Martin's School of Art in London and became the assistant to Henry Moore short after that. He who still worked in the 2010s produced his first major abstract works in the early 1960 and left an indelible mark on contemporary sculpture. The reuse of existing forms and copying or resizing of his works are recurrent. Some of his works exist in several copies and in different materials. His teaching career in London (he was appointed professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1980) and Berlin has had a great influence on the contemporary art scene and has deeply influenced many of his students such as young Richard Long.