Though stylistically Chamberlain’s work is heir to gestural Abstract Expressionism, its moods are fundamentally different. Rejecting his predecessors’ angst and dark interiority, he opted for ...

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Later this month, publishing giant Assouline will release Living With Chamberlain, a brand-new volume commemorating the life and legacy of the late sculptor and filmmaker John Chamberlain, who died in ...

THE BOX from abroad was small and nondescript. Inside, bubble-wrapped packets of aluminum foil were twisted into arcs and circles, some sprouting multipronged feet. A kid’s toys? A drug dealer’s joke?

John Chamberlain was an American sculptor born in 1927. He is best known for his assemblage sculptures, which he created by crushing and molding discarded automobile parts into intricate and colorful ...

Spread across three floors of the Aspen Art Museum are John Chamberlain’s infamous sculptures of scrap car parts, deconstructed, crushed, and twisted. The man in charge of interpreting and ...

Yesterday, I posted the announcement that the artist John Chamberlain has died. “So odd—I thought of him two days ago when I saw a carrier full of crushed cars go by,” former Stranger art critic Emily ...

Aspen Art Museum (AAM) opened its Winter 2023 program on Friday, Dec. 15 with new exhibitions including an experimental film and immersive installation by Cauleen Smith; a new museum rooftop ...

John Chamberlain, who gave “automotive metal a place in the history of sculpture, smashing and twisting together a poetic fusion of Abstract Expressionism and Pop from fenders, fins, bumpers, and ...