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John Chamberlain - Bending Spaces (German, English, Paperback)
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John Chamberlain - Bending Spaces (German, English, Paperback)
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The crumpled sculptures by American artist John Chamberlain, welded
together from deformed car body parts, revolutionised the art world
back in the 1950s. Through the unusual use of industrially
prefabricated materials and their completely free repurposing, he
released new processes of artistic forms and a consumer-oriented
aesthetic. At first assigned to Nouveau Realisme, his work at the
same time evinces relationships with Abstract Realism and Minimal
Art, but ultimately asserts a great measure of autonomy in its form
of expression. As early as the mid-1950s, he turned to the
industrial scrap from cars, which he squashed, pressed into shape
and welded together. Just as important as the form is the interplay
of colours which make his works dazzle and sometimes bring them
into a certain proximity with colour-happy Pop Art. In addition to
his internationally renowned sculptural work, Chamberlain occupied
himself intensively with photography, a theme extensively addressed
in this book. Sculpture and photography interact directly with each
other. Unlike the sculptures, which are positioned in their
materiality, Chamberlain's photographs are marked by great blurring
and fleetingness. At the same time, they absorb the element of
movement in space. Chamberlain himself put it in terms of 'bending
space'. One may think of them, even more readily than of his
sculptures, as the spontaneous gestural structures of Abstract
Expressionist paintings. Text in English and German.
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