In another group of early paintings, wool used commercial rollers to apply decorative effects on aluminum panels, and. Similar to the large scale collectors edition on jeff koons, that taschen released a while back, they are now coming out with wool, a book on christopher wool, whose work we. Untitled 1990 a masterpiece of word art by christopher wool. Christopher wool paintings, bio, ideas theartstory. So i had to get this book to add to my art library for painting inspiration. Wool was also exposed early on to the work of european artists including richard hamilton, yves klein, arnulf rainer, and, most importantly, the swissgerman artist dieter roth, whose longstanding friendship with wool s father later resulted in a comprehensive collection of roths production.
Christopher wool is widely recognized as one of the worlds most important painters. Christopher wool was born in 1955 and grew up in chicago. You make me, exhibition catalogue, christopher wool, the. Using a system of alliteration, with the words often broken up by a grid system, or with the vowels removed as in trbl or drnk, wool s word paintings often demand reading aloud to make sense. Perhaps this makes for a more kinetic and immediate experience as. We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you. Christopher wools paintings put me in mind of rocknroll songs and how they. Christopher wool s most popular book is how to see.
Katherine brinson, suzanne hudson, melinda lang, richard prince, james rondeau, christopher wool. The most comprehensive examination to date of the work of christopher wool, one of the most important abstract painters of his generation, this exhibition presents nearly 90 paintings, photographs. He played in the first wave of bands that brought attention to cbgb and became famous in 1977. Christopher wool image 1 christopher wool image 2 christopher wool image 3 christopher wool image 4 christopher wool image 5 christopher wool image 6 christopher wool image 7 christopher wool image 8 christopher wool image 9 christopher wool image 10 christopher wool image 11. This exhibition explores christopher wool s nuanced engagement with the question of how to make a picture. As a starting point, you could search for monospace sans serif fonts. We can talk but you cant quote christopher wool 2 titel trockel, rosemarie wool, christopher bacchetta, veronique watton, barrett.
Bid now on page from black book by christopher wool. Since the 1980s, wool s art has incorporated issues surrounding postconceptual ideas. Wool marks painting out as as much a conceptually driven practice as one. Christopher wool page from black book the selection of media. Christopher wool was born in boston in 1955 to glorye and ira wool, a psychiatrist and a molecular biologist. It was in 1981 that christopher wool returned to work in painting after a two year. A christopher wool show at the guggenheim the new york times. Christopher wool page from black book, 1989 complete book is a hardcover book, printed on smooth wove paper with title page and justification, unpaginated, bound as issued with ori. Books by christopher wool author of christopher wool.
In reaction to this climate, wool, along with painters like peter halley and philip taaffe, reinvented abstract painting by addressing historical arguments against. This first major solo survey of his work in the united states, includes some fifty key selections of wool s work from. Christopher wool is an american abstract painter who emerged from the 1980s new york art scene. The artist usually expresses his ideas through several mediums such as paper, photography, and painting. Influenced by the punk and no wave movements of the early 1970s, he is also know for his bleak photographic explorations of urban landscapes. Christopher wool is a contemporary american painter. The authors create images using a selection of word pairings that are both conceptually estranged yet subliminally connected.
Wool s work critically examines aspects and complexities of abstraction and representation through the vernacular references of techniques, processes, images, and language. One of top contemporary artists in america, christopher wool is bestknown for his monumental word art made between the late1980s and early2000s consisting of black stencilled words on a white background. Christopher wool hypocrite page from the black book, 1989 ink on smooth woven paper 23 x 16 inches edition of 350 category 1980s postwar christopher wool art. Christopher wools black book 1989 was selected by douglas flamm, a rarebook specialist at gagosian, for a special focus.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Jun 10, 2018 christopher wool untitled 1997 artsy diy you make me wet with wet in white. As a matter of fact, christopher wool began developing his style during the mid1970s, when he started creating abstract paintings that included multiple mark makings. That same year the family moved to the hyde park neighborhood of chicago, where wool was brought up alongside his younger brother jonathon. In this short video excerpt christopher wool talks about some aspects of his art. Buy and sell signed multiples and original paintings at fair prices on llery. Christopher wool prints and multiples 18 for sale at 1stdibs. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Christopher wool untitled 1997 artsy diy you make me wet. Christopher wool at the guggenheim photograph by howard hurst for hyperallergic these post20fallauction days, you can feel quite free to talk about christopher wool. Its not much compared with hindemith, but an electric guitar in the right hands can be so riveting that its the only sound you want to hear. Painting paintings david reed 1975 in this video, christopher wool, katy siegel, and david reed discuss reeds paintings and memories of the new york arts scene in 1975. Christopher wool is best known for his paintings of large, black, stenciled letters on white canvases, but he possesses a wide range of styles.
This artist s book emerged from a joint project between the writer musician richard hell and the painter christopher wool and focuses on their mutual interest in experiences associated with reading. Wool began to create word paintings in the late 1980s, reportedly after having seen graffiti on a brand new white truck of the words sex luv. He has consistently explored the very essence of painting as a medium form, line, colour and engaged with its complexity by exploring the tension between application and erasure, depth, flatness and gesture, as in untitled. Best known for his textbased paintings including trbl and riot, christopher wool made his name in the 80s and hasnt looked back, constantly. An exhibition of christopher wool s paintings and works on paper at the guggenheim museum offers lessons about the act of looking as exploration. Christopher wool s work emerged in the 1980s when neoexpressionist painting had achieved ascendancy not only in new york but also in germany and italy. Christopher wool has 21 books on goodreads with 205 ratings. His first oneman show was at the legendary cable gallery in 1984, and since then, he has showed his bold word paintings. The core element of christopher wool s work is the process of painting itself. Category 1980s contemporary christopher wool prints and multiples. This book documents christopher wool s born 1955 2017 exhibition at berlins galerie max hetzler, at the center of which is a torso made out of pigmented concrete, surrounded by largescale paintings and works on paper in which wool works through his own oeuvre and references from art history.
Christopher wool untitled you make me, 1997 enamel on paper. These black book paintings from the title of a 1990 artists book by wool. In the stenciled works, words run together and breaks arrive at the edges of the canvas, as seen in his apocalypse now 1988, which bears the phrase sell the house sell the car sell the kids. Christopher wool s paintings put me in mind of rocknroll songs and how they recycle the same slender means. In his paintings, wool contrasts bold stenciled text or abstract brushwork with white backgrounds. Learn about the broad collection artist christopher wool. It was a very inspirational show to me as an artist. Richard hell was one of the originators of punk music. This artist s book emerged from a joint project between the writermusician richard hell and the painter christopher wool and focuses on their mutual interest in experiences associated with reading. Value of christopher wool painting rises 350,000 percent eileen kinsella, october 9, 2014 a print by jim kempner, on sale in the dealers booth at the 2014 downtown art fair. Creating a world in which the material and the abstract are inextricable, wool s oeuvre draws on elements of. Christopher wool galerie gisela capitain, cologne, 2011.
The paper cover is a bit dirty and damaged at the corners. In 1972, he enrolled at sarah lawrence college in bronxville, new york, where he studied painting with richard pousettedart. Feb 15, 2018 this pin was discovered by chris mcginty. Making a name in the new york art scene in the early 1980s, christopher wool is best known for his word paintings, white aluminum panels with black stenciled letters spelling out text like sell the house, sell the car, sell the kids in his 1998 work apocalypse now. He left for manhattan after a year and attended classes at the new york studio school. At the heart of christopher wool s creative project, which spans three decades of highly focused practice, is the question of how a picture can be.
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