John Chamberlain, 1927–2011

© John Chamberlain Lo An, 1966 urethane foam and cord 12 x 18 x 18 in.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Within a decade of becoming famous as the crushed-car sculptor, he grew weary of both the heavy metaphorical baggage usually hung on his pieces — that they represented the wreckage of Manifest Destiny or of the American dream itself — and the endless automotive questions. “What the hell — do you talk to a painter about what kind of paint he’s using?” he bellowed, sounding both menacing and comical, like Warren Oates doing a Walter Brennan impression. “It’s boring.”


www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/arts/design/john-chamberlain-the-crushed-car-sculptor.html?pagewanted=all