Christopher Wool, Christopher Wool (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool), 2013

Christopher Wool

Christopher Wool (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool), 2013

Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool)

Boldly signed and dated 2017 by Christopher Wool on the first front end page

11 × 9 × 1 1/4 inches

Unframed

Boldly signed and dated 2017 by Christopher Wool on the first front end page

Signed for the present owner at New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture on February 21, 2017.

This elegant hardback monograph with dust jacket as issued, was ink signed for the present owner at New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture on February 21, 2017. Published on the occasion of the artist’s retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York from October 25, 2013 to January 22, 2014.

Publisher's blurb:
At the heart of Christopher Wool’s creative project, which spans three decades of highly focused practice, is the question of how a picture can be conceived, realized and experienced today. Engaging the complexities of painting as a medium, as well as the anxious rhythms of the urban environment and a wide range of cultural references, his agile, largely monochrome works propose an open-ended series of responses to this central problem. Published on the occasion of the artist’s retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, organized by Katherine Brinson, Associate Curator, and supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, this exhibition catalogue presents a rich selection of paintings, photographs and works on paper, forming the most comprehensive examination of Wool’s career to date. This fully illustrated publication includes essays by Katherine Brinson, Suzanne Hudson, Richard Prince and James Rondeau, as well as a definitive bibliography and exhibition history.

Book information:
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Guggenheim Museum Publications; First Edition (November 30, 2013)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages, with color and bw illustrations

Editorial Review
Christopher Wool's paintings put me in mind of rock'n'roll songs and how they recycle the same slender means: three, maybe four chords, a plaintive lyric repeated over and over in strict 4/4 time. It's not much compared with Hindemith, but an electric guitar in the right hands can be so riveting that it's the only sound you want to hear. (David Salle Town & Country)

Published to commemorate his retrospective at the Guggenheim museum, this catalog presents a vast selection of Christopher Wool's paintings, photographs and other works to date. (Noelle Lacombe CULTURED)

About Christopher Wool:
Christopher Wool is widely regarded as one of the preeminent and most influential American painters of his generation. He was born in 1955, grew up in Chicago, and moved to New York City in the early 1970s. Since establishing himself as an artist in the 1980s, Wool has forged an agile, highly focused practice that incorporates a variety of processes and mediums, paying special attention to the complexities of painting. Wool’s creative output also incorporates photography, sculpture, artist books, and printmaking.

Wool’s work has been presented at museums around the world. Among the institutions that have held major solo exhibitions of his work are the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Art Institute of Chicago, among many others. Wool’s work is included in numerous noteworthy international institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and Tate Modern, London. He has been a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome; Artist in Residence at DAAD, Berlin and Chinati Foundation, Marfa; and a recipient of the Wolfgang Hahn Prize. In 2021 major sculptures by the artist were permanently installed at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Wool currently lives and works in New York City and Marfa, Texas.

Courtesy of Luhring Augustine