“Sculpture by John Chamberlain: Bloodydrivetrain, 2007 (Painted and chromium plated steel)” / Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13855

One man’s trash is another’s treasure. John Angus Chamberlain (April 16, 1927 – December 21, 2011)’s sculptural works are of pure magic, where their raw materials started lives as that from old car wrecks into something which is best described as a three-dimensional Abstract Expressionist (AbEx) forms.

 

The downside of using trash as raw materials is that they can be misinterpreted. Apparently, in 1973, two 300-pound metal pieces by Chamberlain were mistaken for junk and carted away as they sat outside a gallery warehouse in Chicago.

 

“My work has nothing to do with car wrecks,” he has said. “I believe common materials are the best materials.”

 

In line with my own deadyard photography series, however, I love these works. It is a bouquet made out of trash but one which is fantastic in every way. Crazyisgood.

 

John Chamberlain

Bloodydrivetrain

2007

Painted and chromium plated steel

99 x 144.8 x 116.8 cm

39 x 57 x 46 in

 

# John Chamberlain (1927 - 2011, US)

+ 1927-04-16: Born Rochester, Indiana, US

+ 1943-1946: US Navy

+ 1951-1952: Art Institute of Chicago

+ 1955-1956: Black Mountain College

+ 1966: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

+ 1990: Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York

+ 1993: Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture by the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine

+ 1993: Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture from the International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ

+ 1997: The National Arts Club Artists Award, New York

+ 1999: Distinction in Sculpture Honor from the Sculpture Center, New York.

+ 2010: Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit[16]

+ 2011-12-21: Died Manhattan, New York City, NY, US (aged 84)

 

John Angus Chamberlain (April 16, 1927 – December 21, 2011) was an American sculptor. At the time of his death he resided and worked on Shelter Island, New York.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chamberlain_(sculptor)

 

# Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz

 

Drususgasse 1-5

50667 Cologne

Germany

 

5, rue Debelleyme

75003 Paris

France

 

Via Maistra 4

7500 St. Moritz

Switzerland

 

www.galerie-karsten-greve.com/

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T15:58:04+0800

+ Dimensions: 4692 x 3128

+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 800

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°16'58" N 114°10'22" E

+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13855

+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

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