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Meditation in Motion

by Robert J. Hughes
John Chamberlain at Galerie Karsten Greve July 12th, 2012 - September 1st, 2012
Posted 8/3/12

A sculptor is interested in forms in space, in light on forms, in gravity and presence. The sculptor John Chamberlain (who died last year) explored those ideas in his vibrant and glowing photographs too. Using a Widelux camera, which is able to capture a wide angle without distortion, Chamberlain recorded images in a cinematic way – capturing motion, but blurring them into abstracts that seem like swaths of color smeared on a canvas by Gerhard Richter: reality as a remembered rush of light a... [more]

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Heavy Metal with a Light Touch

by Aldrin Valdez
John Chamberlain at Paula Cooper Gallery - 534 W. 21st Street March 1st, 2011 - April 9th, 2011
Posted 3/20/11

A survey of John Chamberlain's crumpled bouquets of steel from 1962 through 1990 is at the Paula Cooper Gallery. They’re cool, chrome-plated, and bear a striking resemblance to the vehicular shape-shifting Transformers in mid-metamorphosis. It's not an inappropriate comparison. After all, Chamberlain is known for using old automobiles and their dismembered parts to create sculptures with painterly surfaces. Some parts are marbleized and maintain a dripping, liquid texture. These are attached... [more]