JACK CHAMBERS "STUDY OF A YOUNG BOY" GRAPHITE ON PAPER, 1958Jack Chambers (1931 1978) is a renowned Canadian artist with international acclaim for his painting, filmmaking, and significant contributions to art theory. A wanderlust, Chambers spent his young adulthood traveling throughout Europe before landing in Madrid to pursue a formal education at the prestigious Escuela Central de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. The years spent in Spain had a profound impact on Chambers, informing both his personal and

and working with some of the best print-making studios in the United States

He would represent Israel at the Venice Biennale in 1959

In this work

” was a performance

this work is realized in heavy black ink

They've appeared separately in various incarnations and mediums throughout his oeuvre

Using phantasmic colors and surreal imagery

and bizarre scenes of violence

by scholars

and also this exhibition poster

This work is exceptional due to the surprising screen print on the verso

with a focus on African American history