John Chamberlain was an American sculptor, painter, and filmmaker best known for creating abstract works using crushed automobile parts and other industrial materials. He twisted and welded metal pieces into dynamic and colorful shapes that evoke organic forms, gestures, and emotions. Exploring the relationship between color, weight, and balance, Chamberlain experimented with different scales and techniques throughout his career, challenging the conventions of sculpture and the boundaries between artistic movements. Hillbilly Galoot, 1960, a painted and chromium-plated steel sculpture in Glenstone’s collection, translates the gestural energy of Abstract Expressionism into three-dimensional form while invoking techniques of Pop art and Minimalism through its construction with premanufactured materials.

–From the Glenstone Field Guide