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

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William Eugene Smith (1918 - 1978)
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John Nelson Battenberg (1931 - 2012)
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Alfred Stieglitz (1864 - 1946)
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Liam Gillick (1964)
Liam Gillick
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Charles Green Shaw (1892 - 1974)
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Sam Gilliam (1933 - 2022)
Sam Gilliam
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Richard Caton Woodville (1825 - 1855)
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Ivan Albright (1897 - 1983)
Ivan Albright
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Thomas Calloway Lea III (1907 - 2001)
Thomas Calloway Lea III
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Joop Sanders (1921 - 2023)
Joop Sanders
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Dawoud Bey (1953)
Dawoud Bey
1953
Robert Glenn Ketchum (1947)
Robert Glenn Ketchum
1947
Walton Ford (1960)
Walton Ford
1960
Richmond Burton (1960)
Richmond Burton
1960

Creators Abstract Expressionism

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Mark Bradford (1961)
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Reinhard Brandner (1938)
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Yves Galgon (1948)
Yves Galgon
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Farhad Moshiri (1963)
Farhad Moshiri
1963
Peter Doig (1959)
Peter Doig
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Elena Petrovna Skuin (1908 - 1986)
Elena Petrovna Skuin
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Mikhail Andreevich Kopylkov (1946)
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1946
Marcelo Bonevardi (1929 - 1994)
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John Angus Chamberlain (1927 - 2011)
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Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000)
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Arthur Garfield Dove (1880 - 1946)
Arthur Garfield Dove
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Olaf Unverzart (1972)
Olaf Unverzart
1972
Eva Schwab (1966)
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1966
Ignacio Aguirre (1900 - 1990)
Ignacio Aguirre
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Jean Daprai (1929 - 2019)
Jean Daprai
1929 - 2019