Throughout the majority of his artistic career his main patron was Leo Castelli. Prior to launching his long career in art John Chamberlain was educated at Black Mountain College followed by graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago. His preferred form of expressing himself artistically was by sculpting. What made his sculptures stand out from those of his contemporaries was the materials he chose to make them out of.
« Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it. »
John Chamberlain
For John Chamberlain used the scrap metal and the broken parts from scrapped cars. The first well known of his recycled car sculptures was called Shortstop, which he completed in 1959. John Chamberlain’s sculptures kept on getting
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Throughout the majority of his artistic career his main patron was Leo Castelli. Prior to launching his long career in art John Chamberlain was educated at Black Mountain College followed by graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago. His preferred form of expressing himself artistically was by sculpting. What made his sculptures stand out from those of his contemporaries was the materials he chose to make them out of.
« Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it. »
John Chamberlain
For John Chamberlain used the scrap metal and the broken parts from scrapped cars. The first well known of his recycled car sculptures was called Shortstop, which he completed in 1959. John Chamberlain’s sculptures kept on getting bigger and bigger, especially after he converted a huge warehouse into a studio. His exhibitions ran from 1960, his work being particularly popular in Austria and Germany alongside his native United States. Chamberlain passed away in December 2011. (
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