Oral history interview with John Chamberlain
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 19 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Chamberlain, John, 1927-2011
label: Interviewer
content: Clearwater, Bonnie, 1957-
label: Names
content: Creeley, Robert, 1926-
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Florida -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Chamberlain, John, 1927-2011
label: Interviewer
content: Clearwater, Bonnie, 1957-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) was a sculptor from Sarasota, Florida.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 92 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991 January 29-30
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chambe91
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John Chamberlain conducted 1991 January 29-30, by Bonnie Clearwater, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Chamberlain talks of his studio in Sarasota; his assistants; working intuitively; encouraging a "sense of discovery" for the artists and audience; collaborating with poet Robert Creeley; his early interest in composing music; retrospective exhibitions; the "heroics of drinking" at the Cedar Bar; and working methods. Chamberlain was reluctant to be interviewed.