urethane foam, cord
John Chamberlain's sculpture presents a raw and tactile exploration of industrial materials, combining the soft, bulging forms of urethane foam with the tension of tightly wound cord. The work reflects Chamberlain's lifelong fascination with compression, constraint, and the transformation of humble materials into dynamic sculptural statements. The interplay between the yielding foam and the binding cord creates a charged visual dialogue between confinement and expansion.
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- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 15, 2015
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Bruce Nauman
American · b. 1941
Nauman similarly employs industrial and humble materials like foam rubber and cord in three dimensional sculptural works that investigate tension, compression, and bodily constriction, creating a visceral dialogue between constraint and form that mirrors Chamberlain's approach in this piece.
Richard Serra
American · b. 1938
Serra shares Chamberlain's commitment to transforming raw industrial materials into abstract sculptural statements that foreground physical forces such as compression and gravity, producing works with a similarly charged industrial aesthetic and tactile three dimensional presence.
Eva Hesse
German American · b. 1936
Hesse worked extensively with latex, cord, and soft industrial materials to create avant garde sculptures that explore tension between rigid binding and yielding organic forms, directly paralleling the interplay of tightly wound cord and bulging urethane foam seen in this Chamberlain work.
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