John Chamberlain (artist)
John Angus Chamberlain (born April 16, 1927 in Rochester , Indiana , † December 21, 2011 in New York City ) was an American artist ( sculpture , assemblages , film , photography ). His art can be assigned to the Nouveau Réalisme and Abstract Expressionism . Chamberlain is considered a pioneer of Pop Art .
Life
Chamberlain, who grew up in Chicago, worked as a hairdresser for the US Navy from 1943 to 1946 . From 1950 to 1952 he attended the Art Institute of Chicago and was a lecturer at Black Mountain College from 1955 to 1966 , met Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning , moved to New York in 1956 and lived alternately in New York and in the following years in New Mexico . Since he mastered the welding technique, he converted the images of abstract expressionism into plastic in his metal sculptures, and was the first artist to have the idea of using car scrap parts, which he first implemented in 1957. In 1958, assemblages from pressed car scrap followed and in 1966 “instant sculptures”. In later years he approached Pop Art and began to work in photography in 1977, creating panoramic photos. A large number of his works are traded by the internationally known gallery owner Karsten Greve , who is himself considered Chamberlain's greatest collector.
Chamberlain lived and worked in Sarasota , Florida since 1980 .
Kora , 1963, Tate Liverpool
Awards and honors
- 1990: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters , New York
- 1993: Skowhehan Medal for Sculpture
- 1997: The National Arts Club Artists Award, New York
- 2000: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2006: Elected member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design , New York
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1967: Cleveland Museum of Art , Cleveland
- 1968: Productions of films in the vicinity of Warhol's Factory , New York
- 1971: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum retrospective , New York
- 1977: Panorama photography
- 1982: documenta 7, Kassel
- 1986: Retrospective Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles
- 2012: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum retrospective , New York
His works have been presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, at the Biennales in Sao Paulo and in 1964 in Venice .
His sculpture "Tower of Klythie" is in the Berlin shopping center Friedrichstadt-Passagen .
Collections
- ARCO Foundation Collection, Madrid
- Artsonje Center, Seoul
- Chinati Foundation, Marfa
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dia: Beacon , Beacon / NY
- Dia: Chelsea, New York
- Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Art museums Krefeld
- Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
- Winterthur Art Museum
- Art collection of North Rhine-Westphalia , Düsseldorf
- Menil Collection , Houston
- Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt am Main (MMK), Frankfurt am Main
- MUMOK Vienna
- Museum of New Art , Karlsruhe
- Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles
- Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas , Texas ; Zaar , 174 cm wide, 1959
- New Museum Weserburg , Bremen
- Palm Springs Art Museum
- Parrish Art Museum, Southampton / NY
- Frieder Burda Collection , Baden-Baden
- Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam
- Brandhorst Museum , Munich
literature
- John Chamberlain. Hans Ulrich Obrist (The Conversation Series Volume 2) . Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-88375-922-8
- Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Hrsg.): Insights. The 20th Century in the North Rhine-Westphalia Art Collection, Düsseldorf , Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 2000; ISBN 3-7757-0853-7
Web links
- Literature by and about John Chamberlain in the catalog of the German National Library
- Materials by and about John Chamberlain (artist) in the documenta archive
- Xavier Hufkens - John Chamberlain
- DASMAXIMUM art present
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Chamberlain, Who wrested Rough Magic From Scrap Metal, this at 84
- ^ Stefan Dürre: Seemanns Lexikon der Skulptur . EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86502-101-4 , pp. 79 .
- ^ AAAS membership directory. Retrieved July 23, 2016 .
- ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "C" / Chamberlain, John NA 2006 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 18, 2015)
- ↑ John Chamberlain Choices , with photo gallery [accessed July 23, 2016].
- ↑ Tower of Klythie (sculpture) , District lexicon Berlin Mitte [accessed on July 23, 2016].
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chamberlain, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chamberlain, John Angus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2011 |
| Place of death | New York City |