Ronald King
Echo Book
London: Circle Press
20 x 8 cm
8 p.
A small booklet with the words ‘ECHO BOOK’ printed in wire and blind embossed to read ‘BOOK ECHO’ on the reverse of the page.
The impression fades as the pages are turned in sequence. Two 4 pp sections – 20×8cm on Khadi hand-made paper, sewn into a blind embossed blue paper cover.
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Ron King has had an artistic life that spans a multi faceted and inspiring 60 years. His iconographic work is marked by a distinctive, fresh and often pioneering approach. As an artist his work can’t be pinned down to by genre but it does have an approach that is hallmarked by a distinctively curious, questioning and energetic approach.
Born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1932, Ron still has a strong attachment to the country and its culture. At the age of 12 he became fascinated with the macabre photograph that he saw in a book of his father’s of the decapitated heads of the infamous bandit leader Lampião and his notorious band. An image that he still can’t quite let go of today and one that has informed a long exploration which you can find expressed in much of his work to do with masks and character. Sent to England in 1945, Ron attended Ardingly College in West Sussex and in 1951 he went on to gain entrance to Chelsea School of Art.