Legendary sculptor Phillip King at 80

Phillip King’s sculptures from the 1960s helped to define a new era in British art. As he turns 80, and ahead of a Tate retrospective of his work, he talks to Nicholas Wroe
It was 60 years ago that Phillip King, then a young conscript doing his national service, was posted to Paris. “I could speak French and was supposed to be joining a general’s staff. But when I got there my post had been taken by someone else and so I found myself living this very independent life, with my own flat, a