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Christopher Wool

Christopher Wool (Born 1955) is active/lives in New York.  Christopher Wool is known for Non objective photograph imagery, word play, photo books.

 "Christopher Wool on What Brought a ‘Sunday Painter’ Back to Life," Art and Design Section Exhibition Review, The New York Times, by Randy Kennedy, May 30, 2022

“I had been on the treadmill for so long. And then suddenly I felt like I could just be an artist again,” he says. His long obsession with photo books has now taken full flight.

When the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum organized a retrospective of the paintings and photographs of Christopher Wool in 2013, the artist was to be found some months beforehand not making new work or poring over exhibition models. Instead, he had decamped from New York entirely to live near a small printer in Verona, Italy, spending 12 hours a day on press for two weeks to ensure that the book for the show achieved the precise feel that he wanted.

“No other artist I’ve worked with has done something like that for a museum catalog,” said Katherine Brinson, the show’s curator. “In fact, I’ve never heard of another artist d   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12736 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Christopher Wool

   Publications  Book References:  13
Magazine References:  8

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8 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Christopher Wool
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Front Page September 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art & Antiques Art Tomes September 2004 Mason, Brook Yes
Art-Talk Auctions: Post War and Contemporary June 2004 Editors, Art Talk Yes
ARTnews Art Market May 2004 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews Art Market January 2004 Editors, ARTnews No
ARTnews Art Market, "A Great, Great Fair" February 2003 Pollack, Barbara Yes
ARTFORUM The Happy End of Kippenberger's Ame February 2003 Williams, Gregory Yes
Art & Auction Date Book May 2001 Editors Yes
13 Book References for Christopher Wool
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Scott, Kitty et al Art Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada)
(Exhibition catalog)
137 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Larsen, Lars et all Art at the Turn of the Millennium 561 Yes
1997 Curiger, Brice Birth of the Cool From Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool
(Exhibition catalog)
144 Yes
1996 Deitch, Jeffrey The Dakis Joannou Collection 302 Yes
1995 Flam, Jack; Donald Marron The Paine Webber Art Collection 304 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1992 Rose, Bernice Allegories of Modernism Contemporary Drawing
(Exhibition catalog)
128 Yes
1991 Murken, Axel/Christa Murken Von der Avantgarde bis zur Postmoderne/die Malerei des 20 Jahrhunderts 358 Yes
1990 Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel Word As Image American Art 1960-1990
(Exhibition catalog)
172 Yes
1988 Fairbrother, Trevor (others) The Binational American Art of the Late 80s
(Exhibition catalog)
226 Yes
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