John Chamberlain & poet Robert Creeley: Famous Last Words

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John Chamberlain and Robert Creeley, "Famous Last Words," 2021

Famous Last Words

A collaborative series of prints and poems by artist John Chamberlain & poet Robert Creeley

From the MJM&AG Permanent Collection; In partnership with the Saskatchewan Festival of Words

Presented in partnership with the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, this exhibition features a series of prints and poems that resulted out of a collaboration between American artist, John Chamberlain, and American poet, Robert Creeley, who shared a lifelong bond and friendship. Their relationship was forged around 1956 when Creeley was teaching literature and writing at Black Mountain College and Chamberlain was immersed in his art studies. The liberal arts school encouraged its students and instructors to openly share and exchange their ideas to further foster the creative process regardless of the medium of expression for their outpourings. Thus, Creeley and Chamberlain began their dialogue that would inform and influence each other's practice throughout their relationship which lasted six decades. In 1988, the two minds collaborated to produce a portfolio of lithographs and poems entitled, Famous Last Words, that would commemorate in printed form their mutual admiration.