Poster for an exhibition of Chamberlain's new foam works at Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, 1966–67, featuring Ma An-Shan, 1966.

Ma An-Shan, 1966
Urethane foam and cord
15 x 24.5 x 23 inches (38.1 x 62.23 x 58.42 cm)
image Leo Castelli Gallery Records, Archives of American
Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
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(ARS), New York

Chamberlain playing the violin, ca 1968. Image © Fairweather & Fairweather LTD/ Artist Rights Society
(ARS), New York

where he created "The Texas Pieces" in 1972. In 1975, The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, organized an exhibition of nine works from this series.

Chamberlain standing to the right of Iraan Crockett, 1972-75, Painted and chromium-plated steel,
67 ✕ 82 1/2 ✕ 76 inches (170.18 ✕ 209.55 ✕ 193.04 cm) © Fairweather & Fairweather LTD/ Artist Rights Society
(ARS), New York

Photo by Charles Rotmil, 1960, courtesy Leo Casteli Gallery records,
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C.
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(ARS), New York

Photography by Adrian Gaut.

Chamberlain's lifelong interest in poetry began during his tenure at Black Mountain College, North Carolina in the mid 1950s. Mentored there by the poets Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, and Robert Duncan, Chamberlain began to create works of experimental poetry. “The greatest influence on my work and on my thinking actually came from the poets at Black Mountain College,” he said. “I’m still making sculptures in the way that I made the poems. It’s all in the fit.”

Family photo of Chamberlain with his stepdaughter, circa 1992. © Fairweather & Fairweather Ltd/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Chamberlain created maquettes or "mini foils" in preparation for large-scale sculptures. Here, mini foils are mounted on various bases in his Shelter Island studio. Photo (c) Adrian Gaut, © Fairweather & Fairweather Ltd/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas celebrated the reopening of The John Chamberlain Building in 2022, after a comprehensive 12-month-long
restoration of the 23,000-square-foot space. The project also includes conservation of the 23 large-scale John Chamberlain sculptures permanently on display within, which comprise the largest permanent installation of Chamberlain’s works in the world. (c) Chinati Foundation, photo by Alex Marks; © Fairweather & Fairweather Ltd/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Chamberlain's Dinnerware Series, 1990
Glazed porcelain with luster overglaze and decals (featured here, 6 pieces stacked)
Dinner series photographs courtesy John Chamberlain Estate
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Exhibition poster for "John Chamberlain Sculpture"
Pace Gallery, Boston
Nov 16 – Dec 7, 1963

The Coconut Portfolio is a 1982 portfolio of 6 etchings on paper. Untitled 1-6, Edition of 25, published by Hudson River Editions, New York.

The source of this image is currently unknown, though on occasion it has been attributed to Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, circa 1980s.

John Chamberlain Sculpture: 1976-1997, L: Muslim Kindergarten
, 1997,
Urethane foam; R: Avery Fair, 1992, painted and chromium-plated steel, 55.5 x 65 x 64.625 in (140.97 x 165.1 x 164.15 cm)

Chamberlain in process, creating a foam couch in New York City, circa 1980. Photographs courtesy John Chamberlain Estate
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EARTH is a 2009 publication featuring Chamberlain's discovery of vintage cars collected by the Messerli family in Kaufdorf, Bern. Described as an ‘auto graveyard’, the empty shells of vintage cars were stacked in endless rows and consumed by the forest, abandoned for almost 80 years. Chamberlain and his friend, collector, and collaborator Ernest Mourmans, acquired the bodies of dozens of 1940s and ’50s automobile, from which Chamberlain created numerous sculptures. The works were exhibited at Hauser & Wirth Zurich in the 2022 exhibition, John Chamberlain, Reclaimed. The publication also features images of Chamberlain's art on view at The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas and More Gallery's installation at Giswil, Switzerland.

In 2012, four monumental sculptures by John Chamberlain were placed on view at the Park Avenue plaza outside New York City's historic Seagram Building. Organized by Gagosian Gallery, the installation included PINEAPPLESURPRISE (2010), MERMAIDMISCHIEF (2009), ROBUSTFAGOTTO (2008), and FROSTYDICKFANTASY (2008). Collectively, the works measured up to 15 ft in height and were constructed from silver, green, or copper-colored industrial aluminum, which has been looped and flexed into biomorphic forms known as the Foils.