The sense of energy and power that emanates from these five words, rendered in a simple, almost utilitarian script, is palpable as the words expand out to fill the entire picture plane. 188.5 by 95.3 cm. [Internet]. embossed with the artist's name. "Christopher Wool Artist Overview and Analysis". Wool's paintings about painting were engaging, gaining praise and collectors early on. framed: 77¼ by 41 in. In 1988, he introduced the use of a rubber stamp with the roller, constructing a pattern by repeating the stamped image. According to the Times, Mr Morley said in a statement through his lawyer: ‘I did not cause the damage. Christopher Wool's commanding statement jumps off the surface of the present work with the same force as if the words had been shouted at full volume. Having enjoyed some of … The core element of Christopher Wool’s (b. CHRISTOPHER WOOL. Apocalypse Now is a 1988 painting by the American artist Christopher Wool, widely regarded as among the most important of his "word paintings" created in the late 1980s. See more ideas about contemporary paintings, abstract painting, contemporary art. "I became more interested in 'how to paint it' than 'what to paint,'" he claims. 1955) work is the process of painting itself, which he explores since his early years by reducing form and colour, experimenting with different painting and more specifically on reproduction techniques: using silkscreen or pattern rollers, layering and erasing, covering certain motives with paint, then adding other layers on top. Despite embodying the aesthetic qualities at the heart of my critical bias—heroic scale, painterly drips, bold gestures, a sense of existential struggle and even a little humor—I found Christopher Wool’s recently opened retrospective at the Art Institute depressing. UNTITLED . . 1955. Christopher Wool may be best known for his paintings of large, black, stenciled letters on white canvases, but he actually works in a wide range of styles and with an array of painterly techniques, including spray painting, hand painting, and screen printing. Available for sale from Long-Sharp Gallery, Christopher Wool, My House I (2000), Printed on 335gsm matte custom art paper by Brand X Editions, New York., 4… In the late 1980s, Wool developed his pronounced word paintings that assembled alliterative statements and laid out incomplete phrases in a gridded pattern. enamel on rice paper. It consists of the words "SELL THE HOUSE SELL THE CAR SELL THE KIDS", stenciled in black, block letters in alkyd enamel on an off-white painted aluminum and steel plate measuring 84 x 72 inches (213.4 x 182.9 cm). b. Jan 28, 2015 - Explore Tanu Aumua's board "Christopher Wool", followed by 163 people on Pinterest. Starting out as a "Neo-Pop" painter, Christopher Wool explores painting's elusive and allusive qualities with a variety of methods including using commercial rollers to apply decorative patterns on white panels. sheet: 74¼ by 37½ in. Wool’s work sets up tensions between painting and erasing, gesture and removal, depth and flatness. TheArtStory.org Content compiled and written by Sarah Frances Dias Edited and revised, with Summary and Accomplishments added by Lewis Church Available from: First published on … There are some important exceptions like the work of Christopher Wool, whose black and white paintings marry the heroic questing of abstraction with the dry negation of pop art; and that of Ed Ruscha, whose pictures developed from looking at billboards through a car windshield, and deeply channel American modernity.