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John Chamberlain http://www.pacewildenstein.com Mediums - Artist's Statement - Gallery Affiliations - Exhibitions -  2000 Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz  1999 Galerie Karsten Greve Milano  1997 Galerie Karsten Greve Paris  1995 Galerie Karsten Greve Paris  1994-95 Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne  1993 Galerie Karsten Greve Paris  1992-93 Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne  1991 Galerie Karsten Greve Paris  1989 Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne  1986 Retrospective, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA  1982-83 Sculpture (several exhibitions), Organized by the Dia Art Foundation  1971 Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY  1962 Leo Castelli Gallery New York, NY  1960 Martha Jackson Gallery New York, NY  1957 Wells Street Gallery Chicago, IL |  |
Biography - Born in 1927 in Rochester, Indiana, John Chamberlain grew up in Chicago. After serving in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946, he attended the Art Institute of Chicago (1951–52) and Black Mountain College (1955–56). Chamberlain moved to New York in 1956 and the following year made Shortstop, his first sculpture incorporating automobile parts. His work was included in the "Art of Assemblage" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1961, and he began showing at Leo Castelli's New York gallery in 1962. Chamberlain had his first retrospective in 1971, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, held a second retrospective in 1986. He currently lives and works on Shelter Island, New York. |