Known for his dynamic sculptures made from crushed car parts, John Chamberlain (1927–2011) turned industrial materials into expressive, energetic forms. This long-term exhibition at Dia Beacon shows how his work fuses the gestural force of Abstract Expressionism with the everyday materials and imagery of Pop art. Drawn from Dia’s collection, the exhibition traces his experimentation from the late 1960s through his later explorations of color, scale, and space. Beginning in 1967, Chamberlain spent seven years working with unconventional, pliable materials, including aluminum foil, Plexiglas, paper bags, and urethane foam; their immediacy allowed him to explore new ways of making sculpture. As Chamberlain explained, “I work with the material as opposed to enforcing some kind of will upon it.” These experiments shaped his return to steel, where he continued to transform found metal by crushing, folding, twisting, and painting it. The exhibition follows this evolution through his iconic steel sculptures and into his later works, where sprayed and layered color animates industrial surfaces and reshapes the viewer’s experience of space. Across materials and periods, Chamberlain transformed ordinary industrial materials into vivid, unpredictable forms. —Clara Scholl