Gerry King

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Gerry King
INTO THE FOURTH DECADE: a retrospective
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p h a s e s o f h i s c a r e e r p a r a l l e l t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e
f i e l d a s t h e i n i t i a l s t r i v i n g f o r m a s t e r y o f s k i l l
p r o g r e s s i v e l y y i e l d e d t o r e f i n e m e n t o f i n t e n t .
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l o n g b e e n a c k n o w l e d g e d a s a n e x c e p t i o n a l c r a f t s m a n w i t h
a n u n c o m m o n b r e a d t h , w o r k i n g i n h o t , c o l d a n d k i l n
t e c h n i q u e s . H i s w o r k i s e x h i b i t e d , p u b l i s h e d a n d
c o l l e c t e d i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y . T h i s e x h i b i t i o n b r i n g s
t o g e t h e r f a v o u r i t e w o r k s b o t h f r o m ' c o r n e r s t o n e s o f
t h e j o u r n e y ' a n d ‘ h o t o f f t h e p r e s s ’ .

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