After looking through the other pieces that the Guggenheim had, I went all the way to the top of the museum. I tried my best not to look down for fear I might slip and just fall all the way down.
John chamberlain
April 16, 1927 – December 21, 2011.
John is famous for being an abstract expressionist artist, using metals from car parts in the 1950’s and into the early 60’s. He has used other mediums such as: brown paper bags, foam rubber, wood, iron, Mylar, colored glass, mirrors, Plexiglas, tin, aluminum foil and paper and cloth towels. What makes Chamberlain a controversial artist is that he broke centuries-long tradition which most sculpture where cast or carved and usually monochromatic. We weren’t aloud to take pictures. The following were found online.
Women’s Voices, 2005
I would have to say this is my favorite out of all that was shone in the Guggenheim. In my opinion, this depicted how sharp a ladies words can be. A ladies voice can be elegant and smooth, but in this work it shows me that it can also be loud, deafening and overpowering. Funny, but this piece makes me thing of my mothers voice; how it can quickly flow through the air, but can change into sounds of anger and stress but still flow through the atmosphere.
Luna, Luna, Luna 1970
Rooster Starfoot, 1976
Chamberlain is not really my favorite artist, but I do like how he tried to break the normal form of creating sculptures. Using color and bent metal to make movement, almost making the image like its flat, is something to admire from him. He was extremely creative.