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BP Displays
TateÌýBritain, Duveen Galleries
8 December 2014Ìý–Ìý1 February 2015Ìý(Photocall:Ìý8 December 2014)
AdmissionÌýfree, open every day from 10.00 – 18.00
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TateÌýBritainÌýmarks the 80th birthday of renowned British sculptor Phillip King (b. 1934) with a display of six of King’s works from the 1960s in the Duveen Galleries. The display, which opens on 8 December, celebrates King’s significant contribution to late 20th centuryÌýsculpture.Ìý
King, a contemporary of Antony Caro, played a vital role in changing the face of British sculpture. His dissatisfaction with figurative, expressionistic sculpture of the 1950s, and his exposure to the new American painting in the 1960s, led him to start experimenting with abstraction, construction, material and colour. The display will include key works from °Õ²¹³Ù±ð’s collection made during this decade, includingÌýGenghis KhanÌý1963 and the important loan ofÌýRosebudÌý1962 (private collection), his first coloured sculpture usingÌýfibreglass.Ìý
King’s use of innovative materials such as fibreglass allowed him to mould shapes and structures not feasible with plaster or other traditional materials. Influenced by Matisse, he was also a pioneer of colour - describing it as ‘no longer subservient to the material but something on its own, to do with surface and skin’ and used it to bind the separate parts of a sculptureÌýtogether.Ìý
This rich combination of materials, techniques, forms and colour enabled King to create sculpture detached from conventional, figurative ideas. King also deferred from tradition by choosing to place his works directly on the floor, occupying a space alongside the viewer, rather than onÌýplinths.Ìý
Phillip King was born inÌýTunisiaÌýin 1934 and came toÌýEnglandÌýin 1945. He read Modern Languages at Christ’s College,ÌýCambridgeÌýfrom 1954 to 1957. In 1957, he studied sculpture atÌýSaint Martin’sÌýSchoolÌýofÌýArtÌýbefore working as an assistant to Henry Moore. Soon after, King returned toÌýSaint Martin’s to teach with Anthony Caro. During this time he became influenced by developments in American art and began moving towards new abstraction in sculpture. In 1990 King was made Professor Emeritus of theRoyalÌýCollegeÌýand was the president of theÌýRoyalÌýAcademyÌýfrom 1999-2004. In 2010 he received theÌýInternationalÌýSculptureÌýCenter’s Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. He lives and worksÌýinÌýLondon.
TateÌýBritainÌýholds the world’s greatest collection of British art. The display has been curated byÌýClarrie Wallis, Curator of Modern and Contemporary British Art,ÌýTateÌýBritain.
For further information contact Kate Moores or Sara Chan, Tate Press OfficeÌý
+44(0)20 7887 4906/8732 • pressoffice@tate.org.uk •Ìýtate.org.uk/press