J. Chamberlain || Jeffrey Yang
Beaucoup d’accidents
stabilisant ce tau- traverse la pièce d’adobe ombre, espacées
des carrosseries froisées sur la dalle de béton
carrés de lumière flottant soleil-décongel, neige pas dammée
Bushland-Marsh III, 1972-1973 Chili Terlingua, 1972-1974 Falfurrias (Marshmellow), 1972 Glasscock-Notrees, 1972-1974 International 500, 1972-1973 Iraan Crocket, 1972-1975 Panna Normanna, 1972 Papalote Goliad, 1972-1975 Tapawingo, 1972 I, Mencius, 1975 Patino Nuevo, 1975 Abba Funn, 1979 Four Polished Nails, 1979 Roxanne Loup, 1979 Small Monument to a Swiss Monument, 1979-1982 Tongue Pictures, 1979 Zia Lightnin' Field Forever, 1979 Broken Toe, 1980-1981 Dumb Name (One for Maurice), 1980-1981 Kunststecher, 1977 Gondola Ezra Pound, 1982 Gondola William Carlos Williams, 1982 ?
“Twenty-two painted and chrome-plated steel sculptures by John Chamberlain can be found in the former Marfa Wool and Mohair Building across from the post office at the center of town by the railroad tracks. The permanent installation is maintained by the Chinati Foundation, a contemporary art museum integrated into the desert landscape of Marfa, Texas, and founded by Donald Judd. I imagine entering the space not knowing anything about Chamberlain’s art, like a traveler suddenly happening upon an unfamiliar symbolic order of things made and arranged with reverence. This is a part of a cluster of poems in my new book that engage with the Chinati artworks.”
Jeffrey Yang is the author of Hey, Marfa (Graywolf Press, 2018),Vanishing-Line (Graywolf Press, 2011), and An Aquarium (Graywolf Press, 2008). He works as an editor at New Directions Publishing and New York Review Books and lives in Beacon, New York.
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/j-chamberlain