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Christopher Wool

Christopher Wool is an American artist. Since the 1980s, Wool's art has incorporated issues surrounding post-conceptual ideas. He lives and works in New York City and Marfa, Texas, together with his wife and fellow painter Charline von Heyl.

Wool is best known for his paintings of large, black, stenciled letters on white canvases. Wool began to create word paintings in the late 1980s, reportedly after having seen graffiti on a brand new white truck. 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.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:1955, Boston, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Sculptor
Art style:Abstract art, Abstract Expressionism, Conceptual art, Contemporary art

Creators USA

Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958)
Daniel Garber
1880 - 1958
Lee Miller (1907 - 1977)
Lee Miller
1907 - 1977
Elias Goldberg (1886 - 1978)
Elias Goldberg
1886 - 1978
Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984)
Rolph Scarlett
1889 - 1984
Eastman Johnson (1824 - 1906)
Eastman Johnson
1824 - 1906
Mike Kelley (1954 - 2012)
Mike Kelley
1954 - 2012
Edward Kienholz (1927 - 1994)
Edward Kienholz
1927 - 1994
Dale William Nichols (1904 - 1995)
Dale William Nichols
1904 - 1995
Chris Martin (1954)
Chris Martin
1954
Hugo Robus (1885 - 1964)
Hugo Robus
1885 - 1964
Adam Pendleton (1984)
Adam Pendleton
1984
Lewis Baltz (1945 - 2014)
Lewis Baltz
1945 - 2014
Robert Ryman (1930 - 2019)
Robert Ryman
1930 - 2019
Gertrude Fiske (1879 - 1961)
Gertrude Fiske
1879 - 1961
Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882 - 1966)
Alvin Langdon Coburn
1882 - 1966
Alex Grey (1953)
Alex Grey
1953

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Robert Salomon Gessner (1908 - 1982)
Robert Salomon Gessner
1908 - 1982
Todd Murphy (1962 - 2020)
Todd Murphy
1962 - 2020
Marcus Jansen (1968)
Marcus Jansen
1968
Roberto Aizenberg (1928 - 1996)
Roberto Aizenberg
1928 - 1996
Yury Aleksandrovich Zharkikh (1938)
Yury Aleksandrovich Zharkikh
1938
Edgardo Mannucci (1904 - 1986)
Edgardo Mannucci
1904 - 1986
Joseph Witterwulghe (1883 - 1967)
Joseph Witterwulghe
1883 - 1967
Gustav Vigeland (1869 - 1943)
Gustav Vigeland
1869 - 1943
Karl Holmqvist (1964)
Karl Holmqvist
1964
Karl Momen (1934)
Karl Momen
1934
Giacomo Balla (1871 - 1958)
Giacomo Balla
1871 - 1958
Lev Nikolaevich Golovnitsky (1929 - 1994)
Lev Nikolaevich Golovnitsky
1929 - 1994
Deborah Kass (1952)
Deborah Kass
1952
Colette Justine (1952)
Colette Justine
1952
Ayesha Sultana (1984)
Ayesha Sultana
1984
Sam Nhlengethwa (1955)
Sam Nhlengethwa
1955
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