John Chamberlain, in full John Angus Chamberlain, was an American sculptor, painter, photographer, printmaker, and filmmaker whose Abstract Expressionist works were characterized by an emotional approach to concept and execution.
Chamberlain studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1951–52), where he began working in metals, and at Black Mountain College in North Carolina (1955–56). In 1957 he had his first one-man show in Chicago. His early pieces were made from welded iron rods, but he later used such materials as heat-shaped Plexiglass, paper, polyurethane, industrial rubber, brown paper bags, and aluminum foil before returning in 1974 to the use of auto body parts. His first sculpture to employ car parts was Shortstop (1957), which featured rusty fenders that he had found in the yard of painter and friend Larry Rivers.
Chamberlain’s sculptures are typified by Mr. Press (1961), a construction of fragments from automobiles, crumpled and jammed together to create an effect of isolated, frozen movement. He often coated his pieces with bright industrial paints. During the 1970s oil crisis, Chamberlain often incorporated oil barrels into his work, notably in the series Socket and Kiss (1979). For a brief interlude, he used car spray paint to create works that combined stencil and Action painting. Chamberlain was also involved in video and film and produced the cinematic Wide Point (1968); he later dabbled in drawing and printmaking.
In 1971 Chamberlain’s work was given a retrospective by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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ASARABACA
By John Chamberlain
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"ASARABACA" is an abstract Post-War industrial weight aluminum sculpture created by John Chamberlain in 1973. The sculpture is 20 x 23 x 22 inches and weighs less than 50 lbs. Cham...
Metal
$41,254
H 14.18 in W 8.08 in D 3.55 in
Great Niçoise Compression of Different Metals Fixed on Wood Panel Wall Sculpture
By César Baldaccini
Located in Paris, FR
1970 Compression of different metals, fixed on panel Signed, dated and situated in black felt marker at the bottom left side “César 1970 Nice” Referenced in the Durand-Ruel Archives under No. 985 Unique artwork accompanied by the certificate from the Durand-Ruel Archives H. 36 cm W. 20,5 cm D. 9 cm Dimensions with panel: H. 60 cm W. 45,2 cm D. 4,8 cm His parents, Omer and Leila Baldaccini, Italian of Tuscan origin, had a bar in Marseilles, where César was born in 1921 in the popular district of la Belle-de-Mai, at No. 71 rue Loubon, in the center. “I am basically an absolute autodidact,” he says. He first worked at his father’s, before attending in 1935 the courses of the School of Fine Arts in his hometown with his classmate Raymond Normand and, in 1943, the National School of Fine Arts in Paris with Michel Guino, Albert Féraud, Daniel David and Philippe Hiquily, like him in the studio of Marcel Gimond...
Metal
$2,120Sale Price|20% Off
H 47 in W 57 in D 4.5 in
Abstract Scroll, Large Scale Mixed Media Watercolor Assemblage w Handmade Paper
By Madeline de Joly
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique large scale mixed media assemblage featuring a three dimensional, textured handmade paper scroll unfurling to reveal an abstract expressionist watercolor painting with gold ac...
Felt, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 28 in D 0.03 in
"Ruptured Futures" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ruptured Futures" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a satirical collage that mimics the ornate design...
Glue, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.5 in W 29 in D 0.03 in
"Soul Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
"Soul Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). Soul Bond takes the form of a satirical contract, darkly parodying the...
Glue, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Vegetative Form / - Grown Art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dierkes (1907 Cloppenburg - 1968 Berlin), Vegetative Form. Mahogany, 1958. 142 x 16 x 10 cm (sculpture), 21 x 17.5 cm (base), monogrammed "PD" on the reverse. - Grown Art - ...
Mahogany
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H 26.75 in W 12.25 in D 12.25 in
"Sliced Aluminum, " John Chamberlain, Found Metal Sculpture Mailbox Assemblage
By John Chamberlain
Located in New York, NY
John Chamberlain (1927 -2011) Sliced Aluminum, 1992 Mailbox, paint 26 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches Signed on mailbox door Door and flag are in original movable state This mailbox is...
Metal
Le Molé (ex. Dodo Hamilton Collection)
By John Chamberlain
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gorgeous sculpture by one of America's most famous sculptors, John Chamberlain, which came out of the collection of famed American philanthropist Dorothy "Dodo" Hamilton. I won't ...
Metal
Chief Kokomoko
By John Chamberlain
Located in New York, NY
"Chief Kokomoko" by John Chamberlain Foil sculpture with tinted paint mounted on foam core displayed in plexiglass case, SIGNATURE ON THE BACK Never before exhibited or offered fo...
Aluminum, Foil