John Chamberlain’s Popsicletoes (2007) twists industrial detritus into vivid, sculptural. Turning crushed steel into color, gesture, and velocity. Composed of painted, chromed stainless steel, this late work exemplifies Chamberlain’s enduring belief that sculpture should feel improvised, physical, and alive.

Candy colored hues glint off contorted steel, making the material appear to ripple and bloom like metal in motion, or flowers in a garden. The title is playful and sensual, suggesting a lyricism that softens the sculpture’s structural force.

Exhibited at PaceWildenstein in 2008 and featured in key publications, Popsicletoes stands as a luminous statement from a master of postwar American sculpture. Chamberlain’s works are held in MoMA, Tate Modern, the Guggenheim, and Centre Pompidou.‍
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