- Our live Q&A with @artlog & Susan Davidson starts in 15 minutes! Follow #JohnChamberlain or http://guggenheim.tweetwally.com eetwally.com.
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 17:45:15 - Welcome to our live Twitter interview with @Guggenheim curator Susan Davidson on the late American sculptor #JohnChamberlain.
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:00:04 - Today, on #JohnChamberlain's 85th birthday, we're celebrating the artist's prolific career with curator Susan (tweeting as @Guggenheim).
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:01:53 - Susan worked closely with #JohnChamberlain on his current @Guggenheim retrospective up until his unfortunate passing in December 2011.
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:02:51 - Thanks to all for submitting your questions to Susan. To follow the Q&A use #JohnChamberlain or http://guggenheim.tweetwally.com eetwally.com.
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:03:17 - .@GUGENHEIM Q1: In what ways has #JohnChamberlain changed since his first retrospective Guggenheim in 1971? - @Machin_gan
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:04:00 - .@artlog After the first retro, #JohnChamberlain started adding additional color on top of the car metal; this continued for a long period.
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:05:07 - .@artlog In the last 6 yrs or so #JohnChamberlain worked only w/ colors of metal as found. Compositions became more elaborate & monumental.
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:05:47 - .@Guggenheim Q2: #JohnChamberlain was in his 80s while you were organizing his show. Did he think the exhibition could've been his last?
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:06:30 - .@Guggenheim If so, how did that impact decisions that went into making the #JohnChamberlain retrospective? - Amanda S. via e-mail
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:06:48 - .@artlog Not at all; I think most artists believe they will always be in the studio producing new work, including #JohnChamberlain.
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:07:45 - .@Guggenheim Q3: Because #JohnChamberlain uses unyielding materials like car parts, is it difficult to see career progression? - @ccollicott
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:08:53 - .@artlog In this show as you walk up the ramps, you will clearly see #JohnChamberlain’s progression, shifts in scale & mastery of materials.
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:09:50 - .@GUGENHEIM Q4: When preparing the #JohnChamberlain exhibition, whose perspective did you consider most? The artist’s or visitors? @PaleoNay
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:13:13 - .@artlog Actually neither. #JohnChamberlain told me when we first started working on the exhibition "I’ve done my job, now you do yours."
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:14:18 - .@artlog As a curator I wanted to see and study the artworks in-depth. #JohnChamberlain
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:14:39 - .@Guggenheim Q5: How did John Chamberlain select the medium for each of his sculptures? - @chiemps via Twitter
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:15:36 - .@artlog Out of his own curiosity. #JohnChamberlain often said there was all this material laying around and it was free. . .why not use it.
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:18:38- .@artlog Oddly, through his photography, although our current #JohnChamberlain exhibition doesn’t include this body of work.
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:18:59 - .@artlog #JohnChamberlain often shot with the camera at his hip. Without looking through the viewfinder, they resemble abstract paintings.
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:19:30 - .@Guggenheim Q7: Do you think the feel of a #JohnChamberlain piece is dependent on its size? - @LA2SF2NY
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:21:28 - .@artlog As #JohnChamberlain said, “if you get the scale right, the size doesn’t matter.”
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— Guggenheim Museum (@Guggenheim)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:23:02 - .@Guggenheim Q8: For some, #JohnChamberlain's usage of automobile scraps in his art was seen as a representation of American consumerism.
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:25:13 - .@Guggenheim Did the recent auto industry crisis have an effect on the interpretation of #JohnChamberlain's work? Amber K. via e-mail
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— Artlog.com (@artlog)Mon, Apr 16 2012 18:25:36
