Christopher Wool (1955) - photo 1

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

Richard Aldrich (1975)
Richard Aldrich
1975
Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828 - 1901)
Edward Mitchell Bannister
1828 - 1901
Rosalyn Drexler (1926)
Rosalyn Drexler
1926
Olivier Mosset (1944)
Olivier Mosset
1944
Juan Uslé (1954)
Juan Uslé
1954
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890 - 1978)
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
1890 - 1978
Mel Lindquist (1911 - 2000)
Mel Lindquist
1911 - 2000
Cornell Capa (1918 - 2008)
Cornell Capa
1918 - 2008
Joe Goode (1937)
Joe Goode
1937
Samuel Addison Shute (1803 - 1836)
Samuel Addison Shute
1803 - 1836
Eli Raphael Marozzi (1913 - 1999)
Eli Raphael Marozzi
1913 - 1999
Steve Galloway (1952)
Steve Galloway
1952
Titus Kaphar (1976)
Titus Kaphar
1976
Lee Friedlander (1934)
Lee Friedlander
1934
Ronnie Landfield (1947)
Ronnie Landfield
1947
Richard Rappaport (1944)
Richard Rappaport
1944

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Vivienne Westwood (1941 - 2022)
Vivienne Westwood
1941 - 2022
Marcel Lempereur-Haut (1898 - 1986)
Marcel Lempereur-Haut
1898 - 1986
Georg Wilson (1998)
Georg Wilson
1998
Franz Eggenschwiler (1930 - 2000)
Franz Eggenschwiler
1930 - 2000
Valerian Dmitrievich Dvorakovsky (1904 - 1979)
Valerian Dmitrievich Dvorakovsky
1904 - 1979
Sergei Aleksandrovich Antonov (1937 - 2015)
Sergei Aleksandrovich Antonov
1937 - 2015
Marina Vladimirovna Denisenko (1923 - 2016)
Marina Vladimirovna Denisenko
1923 - 2016
William Gear (1915 - 1997)
William Gear
1915 - 1997
Jaqueline de Jong (1939 - 2024)
Jaqueline de Jong
1939 - 2024
Willy Reetz (1892 - 1963)
Willy Reetz
1892 - 1963
Zbigniew Libera (1959)
Zbigniew Libera
1959
Manfred Dörner (1945)
Manfred Dörner
1945
Eduard Arkadevich Steinberg (1937 - 2012)
Eduard Arkadevich Steinberg
1937 - 2012
Arnulf Rainer (1929)
Arnulf Rainer
1929
Aleksandr Vasilievich Shevchenko (1883 - 1948)
Aleksandr Vasilievich Shevchenko
1883 - 1948
Laurent Grasso (1973)
Laurent Grasso
1973