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Phillip King

Born in Tunis in 1934, Phillip King is a British sculptor whose work is defined by the richness and variety of forms and materials. He is, alongside Anthony Caro, Richard Long and Barry Flanagan, the inventor of modern English sculpture from the early 1960s. King passed away on July 27, 2021, in London.

A former assistant to Henry Moore, from 1962 he did not hesitate to exploit materials usually far removed from abstract vocabulary and to make them communicate with each other or with found industrial objects. 
From then on, King dared to use very bright colors (acid greens and electric blues, orange and pure yellow) in a rather chromophobic period. Color in his work thus occupies a fundamental place, it is almost a material in itself and like a fourth dimension. 

King‘s works have all the qualities of sculpture: weight, mass, balance, volume… His work is focused on thinking about weight, gravity and the means available to overcome them. It is through color that he will find the means to elevate matter. The color punctuates and punctuates the volumes. It disrupts information on matter.

From 2016 with MiniMasterpiece, Phillip King will approach the question of wearable sculpture through the same prism of elevation.
Phillip King is represented by Thomas Dane (Londres), Luhring Augustine (New York) and Ceysson & Bénétière. His works are part of numerous private and public collections around the world (Tate Britain – Londres, MoMA – New York, Centre Pompidou – Paris, MOCA – Los Angeles, Rijksmuseum – Amsterdam, Royal Academy of Arts – Londres, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Berardo Museum – Lisbonne to name a few).

 

 

Ring in 18k yellow gold
and lacquer, 2021-2024
Edition of 8 + 4 AP
Édition MiniMasterpiece

Ring in sterling silver,
vermeil and lacquer, 2021-2024
Editionof 8 + 4 AP
Édition MiniMasterpiece

Necklace in 18k yellow gold,
sterling silver and lacquer, 2017
Edition of 8 and 4 AP
Édition MiniMasterpiece

Necklace in 18k yellow gold,
sterling silver and lacquer, 2017
Edition of 8 and 4 AP
Édition MiniMasterpiece

 

 

Vermeil and lacquer cuff
2021-2024
Edition of 8 + 4 AP
Édition MiniMasterpiece