Representative work by Christopher Wool
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Artist

Christopher Wool

b. 1955, Chicago, Illinois, USA · American · Based in New York, USA; Marfa, Texas, USA

  • Studio School, New York
  • Enamel Stencil Painting
  • Screenprinting
  • Bronze Sculpture

Christopher Wool became known for black stenciled word paintings and later for abstract works made through rollers, spray paint, wiping, silkscreen and digital reproduction. His practice repeatedly questions originality and gesture by copying and degrading his own marks.

Painting; photography; printmaking

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1988Apocalypse Now
  • 1990Untitled (FOOL)
  • 1989Untitled (TRBL)
  • 1992If You Can’t Take a Joke You Can Get the Fuck Out of My House
  • 1980sPattern Paintings
  • 2000sGray Paintings
  • 2001Untitled
  • 2007Untitled
  • 2012Untitled
  • 1994–95East Broadway Breakdown

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