Scattered around were a number of wall and floor pieces — the well - known automobile parts crammed and jammed into muscular, abstract conglomerates, lacquered metal shards, a big twisted
urethane foam work from 1966, and a room filled with the newer collapsed galvanized zinc sculptures made from
Not exact matches
He has
worked with other mediums and materials, including two - dimensional paintings made with automobile paint, tied
urethane foam sculptures (both in the 1960s), and crushed metal and melted Plexiglas sculptures (in the 1970s).
From Clare Rojas's folk - inspired narrative paintings to Tim Hawkinson's cardboard and
urethane foam sculpture Scout (2006 - 2007)-- the artist's absurdly humorist take on the human figure — the
works in this exhibition signal a bold, new direction for SJMA's permanent collection.
This presentation of American sculptor, John Chamberlain, comprised
works in steel and
urethane foam spanning more than two decades.
He experimented with a range of
work from film to
urethane foam.
Large - scale
works to be exhibited include John Chamberlain's The Sylvester Barge, a «couch» sculpture made in 1982 of
urethane foam and nylon cord measuring 6 x 15 feet; a ceiling - mounted «Tarpaulin» painting by the young English artist, Gary Hume; and Katharina Fritsch's Knot, a new painted plaster sculpture of rat - tails that relates to her 1993 Rat - King installation at the Dia Center for the Arts.
He has also
worked with
urethane foam.
The dyed -
urethane foam blobs (Blob Paintings) displayed in another gallery have some of the same improvisational energy, but the space - altering power of the paintings is gone, even though the gallery cheat sheet tries to stir up interest by making a point of their genesis in the performance of
working with the material.