Biography
Christopher Wool is an American artist born in 1955 in Boston. Coming from the post - conceptual movement, he now divides his time between New York and Marfa, a small town in Texas. He is married to Charline von Heyl, also a painter.
Wool was born to a biologist mother and a psychiatrist father in Boston. He grew up in Chicago. In 1973, he decided to start art studies and went to New York to study painting at the Studio School. However, he abandoned his studies quickly enough to get into the world of underground music and films. He then worked for 4 years as a studio assistant. It was at this time that he discovered graffiti and began to paint, drawing inspiration from the style of urban artists. He calligraphy gigantic letters, black and thick, on bright white canvases. Very close to street art, he works with words, breaking them down to infinity. It is not uncommon for the artist to remove vowels or consonants, to impose a new and meaningless word on the viewer. Influenced by Pop Art, Christopher Wool establishes himself as a keen observer of the street. The artist reports on his time and the societal upheavals that are going through it. He is the spokesperson for New York youth.
Although known internationally mainly for his paintings, Christopher Wool is also a talented photographer, specializing in black and white shots.
Christopher Wool's work has been exhibited many times in the United States, notably at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and at the Art Institute in Chicago. The artist has also presented his work abroad, in France at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, at the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig in Köln, Germany, and at the Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland.
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