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
$4,860
H 42 in W 40 in D 5 in
Don't Let Them Burst Your Bubble: Luna, Cerulean - blown glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary glass wall sculpture features cerulean colored bubbles. Cheryl Wilson Smith is known for her uniquely beautiful glasswork—its form, colour and texture are often in...
Metal
Levitation III
By Rafael Barrios
Located in PARIS, FR
" Levitation III ", 2019 Edition: 18/20 40 x 19 x 8 cm Rafael Barrios, sculptor, and founder of the Virtualism movement. From the beginning, his work...
Steel
$5,000
H 46 in W 45 in D 3 in
Sujoon Sky - Blue Abstract Sculptural Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
By Atticus Adams
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Metal, Wire
$5,400
H 48 in W 42 in D 8 in
Sujoon Vogue - Southwest Inspired Sculptural Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
By Atticus Adams
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Metal, Wire
$45,370
H 67.33 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Viga 3 by Tom Price - Abstract sculpture, wood, resin, synthetic, mineral, life
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Viga 3 is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of resin, tar, steel, wood, dimensions are 171 × 45 × 45 cm (67.3 × 17.7 × 17.7 in). The indicated dime...
Steel
$52,393
H 95.28 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Viga 4 by Tom Price - Abstract sculpture, wood, resin, synthetic, mineral, life
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Viga 4 is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of resin, tar, steel, wood, dimensions are 242 × 45 × 45 cm (95.3 × 17.7 × 17.7 in). The indicated dime...
Steel
$18,000
H 36 in W 16 in D 9 in
Soul Gate Eldorado - contemporary, ribbon, 24K gold, steel, wall sculpture
By Stefan Duerst
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This elegant and ethereal contemporary wall sculpture, by Stefen Duerst, is hot-formed steel, powder-coated yellow, and finished with a double layer of German 24-karat gold leaf. Ava...
Steel, Gold Leaf
$13,700
H 97 in W 30 in D 12 in
Cloudstack - Large Oversized Red Contemporary Geometric Metal Steel Sculpture
By Granville Beals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...
Metal, Steel
$28,000
H 77 in W 61 in D 61 in
Le Cube - large, colorful, contemporary, painted steel, outdoor sculpture
By Philippe Pallafray
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Philippe Pallafray’s latest sculpture—an eye-popping candy-coloured large steel cube—each stripe painted in bright red, orange and pink balances on one corner. The Quebec artist designs pop art pieces that reflect the duality of nature and the industrial world. Pallafray typically uses steel and stainless steel that he cuts, shapes, folds and welds. “My geometrically shaped sculptures...
Steel
$2,650
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
$1,199
H 16 in W 7 in D 3.25 in
Amazing Original Fahri Aldin Bronze Sculpture. Limited Edition Stunning New Work
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
An Amazing New Piece at an Incredible Price by renowned Canadian Artist Fahri Aldin. This Stunning Beauty titled 'The Stallion III' is Limited Edition 2 out of 27. From his latest se...
Bronze
$2,500
H 3 in W 4.5 in
Bronze Belt Buckle, limited edition in collection of Victoria & Albert Museum UK
By Anthony Caro
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Caro Bronze Belt Buckle, 1993 Bronze sculpted belt buckle. Stamped on the verso 3 × 4 1/2 inches Exhibition History: Victoria and Albert Museum, L...
Bronze
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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