Guggenheim announces out-of-print John Chamberlain exhibition catalogue now a free e-book

Art Daily News Ultima Thule, 1967. Galvanized steel, 64 × 44 × 36 inches (162.5 × 111.8 × 91.4 cm). Private collection © 2011 John Chamberlain / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve. NEW YORK, NY.- For a limited time, selections from the 1971 exhibition catalogue John Chamberlain: A Retrospective Exhibition are free to download through the Guggenheim Store. Available in EPUB format for reading on iPhones and iPads, the title was originally published on the occasion of John Chamberlain's first museum retrospective, held at the Guggenheim more than forty years ago, and reveals early insight into the artist's work, process, and inspiration. The introductory essay, written by former Guggenheim curator Diane Waldman, surveys the artist's diverse influences and examines his explorations in material, highlighting his ability to hew a sense of order and beauty out of the apparent chaos of crushed automobiles and discarded steel. In the accompanying interview, artist Donald Judd and former Art in America editor Elizabeth C. Baker join Waldman and Chamberlain in a free-ranging conversation about ... More