Label TextChamberlain’s automobile-derived sculptures weld together crushed fenders, bumpers, and hoods. By appropriating the car as both subject and medium, Chamberlain references an iconic symbol of American culture, aligning himself with the Pop art movement, and the artistic tradition of the readymade, in which artists incorporate everyday objects into their work. Wrecked or discarded cars are familiar to us as urban refuse, but even welded and reformed, these materials are surprising to see in a museum setting.
Exhibition History"The Abstract Tradition in American Art," Des Moines Art Center, Dec. 7, 1991 - Feb. 23, 1992
Published ReferencesAN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.78, color ill. pp.78 & 79
DMAC News, Nov./Dec. 1992, p.6
Exhibition History"The Abstract Tradition in American Art," Des Moines Art Center, Dec. 7, 1991 - Feb. 23, 1992
Published ReferencesAN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.78, color ill. pp.78 & 79
DMAC News, Nov./Dec. 1992, p.6
DimensionsOverall: 65 × 42 × 68 in. (165.1 × 106.7 × 172.7 cm)
Accession Number 1987.9.a-.b
Classificationssculpture
CopyrightARS
ProvenanceArtist; Lone Star Foundation, New York [acquired from the previous]; Dia Art Foundation, New York [acquired by 1982]. Xavier Fourcade, New York [acquired by 1986]; (Contemporary Art from the Estate of Xavier Fourcade, Sotheby’s, New York, 4 November 1987); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1987]
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