1993 - 1995
John Chamberlain, NEON JERNT,1993
1993
January 26-February 20: Exhibits his photographs at MiraMar Gallery in Sarasota, Florida.
February 10-March 20: Participates in an event called "Art and Application" at Turbulence in New York. He contributed a small metal sculpture placed on a painted-steel base with a glass tabletop.
In March: Display of his photographs at Galerie Sonia Zannettacci in Geneva.
March 13-May 22: Comprehensive exhibition titled "John Chamberlain, 1967-1992" at Galerie Karsten Greve in Paris.
On April 27: he was awarded the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture by the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.
May 1-June 13: An exhibition called "Wide Point: The Photography of John Chamberlain" was organized by Donna De Salvo and presented at Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York..
This exhibition later traveled to Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, and Indianapolis Museum of Art.
May 8-July 25: Chamberlain participated in the exhibition "American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture, 1913-1993" at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, which later traveled to London.
May 27: a conversation took place between Chamberlain and art historian Barbara Rose at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.
September 11-October 9: he had installations displayed alongside Donald Judd at Margo Leavin Gallery in Los Angeles.
November 5: he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in Washington, D.C.
November 20, 1993-January 5, 1994: his works were exhibited at Barbara Krakow Gallery in Boston.
John Chamberlain, Der Turm von Clytie, 1994
1994
Chamberlain purchased Elaine de Kooning's house in Easthampton, New York, and began a significant renovation that included a studio. He later sold the house to painter Richmond Burton in 1998.
January 8-November 1: Participates in the exhibition "Civic Virtues: Lights! Color! Action!" at NationsBank Plaza in Charlotte, North Carolina. His work "Debonaire Apache" from 1991 was featured.
February 24-May 5: Took part in the inaugural exhibition "After Construction" at the newly renovated Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall in Sweden. The exhibition showcased works from the collection, including his piece "First Dance of Trees" from 1986.
April 29-June 11: Participates in the exhibition "Recycled: Künstler verwerten Abfall" at Galerie Reckermann in Cologne, Germany. His artwork "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" from 1983 was included.
June 11-July 16: An exhibition titled "John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture" was held at Daniel Weinberg Gallery in San Francisco. The show featured sculptures created in 1994, including works like "Opera Chocolates," "Schizoverbia," "Silky Wilkie," and "Sincere Lust."
September 17-October 15: "John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture" at PaceWildenstein on Greene Street in New York. The display included seven metal sculptures with brightly colored and intricately patterned surfaces, such as "Advice Squad," "Anything Goethe," "Apparentlyoffspring," "A Spear de Corps," "The Vagabond's Prayer," "Taoist Toast," and "Urban Garlic."
October: he was one of the invited artists participating in the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, traveling to São Paulo for the event.
October 15, 1994-April 30, 1995: He took part in the exhibition "Material und Idee" at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf. His artwork "The Arch of Lumps [A Tribute to an Act of Unclarity, The Vietnam War]" from 1983 was included.
October 22, 1994-January 12, 1995: His work was exhibited at Galerie Karsten Greve in Cologne.
November 18, 1994-January 20, 1995: Participates in the exhibition "Toys/Art/Us" at Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, featuring an unidentified Tonks.
John Chamberlain, Vast Cool Socialite, 1996
1995
Chamberlain completed the 40-foot-tall commissioned sculpture "Turm von Clytie" for the Q205 shopping arcade on Friedrichstrasse in Berlin.
He purchased a restaurant on Shelter Island, New York, renaming it "Chamberlain's" after the family tavern in Rochester where he was born.
January 28-April 9: Exhibits alongside Willi Kopf at Galerie Ludwig in Krefeld, Germany, showcasing his artwork "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" from 1983.
February: Chamberlain suffered a major heart attack and underwent triple bypass surgery.
June 1-August 31: Exhibits photographs at Galerie Karsten Greve in Paris.
October 8: Chamberlain and Prudence Fairweather hosted a dinner to benefit the Hamptons International Film Festival at his Shelter Island restaurant.
November 9, 1995-January 20, 1996: An exhibition of his work was held at Galleria Karsten Greve in Milan.
November 9, 1995, to February 4, 1996: Participates in the exhibition "Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965" at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. His works "Manitou" and "Swannanoa/Swannanoa Il" were included.
December 31: Chamberlain married Prudence Fairweather, who managed Dan Flavin's studio until his death in 1996. The wedding took place at Chamberlain's restaurant on Shelter Island. In 1996, they celebrated their marriage on June 9 and September 6 (6/9 and 9/6), chosen for their numerical composition. The June wedding occurred in Paris, while the September wedding took place on a yacht off the coast of Shelter Island.