Christopher WoolUntitled (The Show Is Over)1993 (printed 2019)
1993 (printed 2019)
About the Item
- Creator:Christopher Wool (1955, American)
- Creation Year:1993 (printed 2019)
- Dimensions:Height: 46.74 in (118.7 cm)Width: 31.3 in (79.5 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Excellent. Some imperfections may exist as per the nature of the material, including very minor creasing on very edges.
- Gallery Location:Bristol, GB
- Reference Number:
Christopher Wool
Christopher Wool is a contemporary American painter. In his paintings, Wool contrasts bold stenciled text or abstract brushwork with white backgrounds. In the stenciled works and prints, words run together and breaks arrive at the edges of the canvas, as seen in his Apocalypse Now (1988), which bears the phrase “SELL THE HOUSE SELL THE CAR SELL THE KIDS.”
“With the painting the inspiration comes from the process of the work itself,” Wool reflected. “Like music [making the work] is an emotional experience. It’s a visual language and it’s almost impossible to put words to it.”
Born on September 16, 1955 in Boston, MA, Wool studied briefly at Sarah Lawrence College, but quickly left to enroll at the New York Studio School. A contemporary of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman and others in New York’s downtown art scene in the 1980s, Wool introduced graffiti techniques to his work, later incorporating silkscreens and paint rollers.
Wool's work has been exhibited at numerous institutions around the world, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Wool currently lives and works between Marfa, TX, and New York, NY with his wife the painter Charline von Heyl.
Find a collection of original Christopher Wool art on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Bristol, United Kingdom
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- In the CloudBy Yoshitomo NaraLocated in Bristol, GBLithograph in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins Edition of 150 42.2 x 33 cm (16.6 x 12.9 in) Signed, numbered and dated on the front Mint. Artwork not inspected outside of ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Pembroke Studio Interior, from Moving Focus, 1984, David Hockney, LithographBy David HockneyLocated in Bristol, GBLithograph Edition 61 of 70 102.9 x 125.7 cm (40.5 x 49.5 in) (Framed 117.2 x 140 cm, 46.1 x 55.1 in) Signed, numbered and dated on the front Condition on request In original ...Category
1980s Contemporary Interior Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Sea CityBy Patrick HughesLocated in Bristol, GBHand-painted 3-D print with lithography, in a Perspex case Edition of 100 + 10 AP Signed and numbered on the front New, as issued by the publisherCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Over and OutBy Tracey EminLocated in Bristol, GBColour lithograph on Somerset velvet warm white 400gsm paper Edition of 50 Signed, numbered , dated and titled on the front Mint Our mission is to connect art collectors to opportun...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Little Girl With BalloonsBy Liu YeLocated in Bristol, GBLithograph in colours on wove paper Unsigned AP aside from the main edition Signed and dated on the front Excellent. Minor printers’ imperfections throughout reverse of print visible...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Korin: TranquilityBy Takashi MurakamiLocated in Bristol, GBOffset print, cold stamp and high gloss varnishing Edition of 300 Signed and numbered on the front MintCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
MaterialsLithograph, Offset
- Backyard Garden, Yue Minjun - Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, China Art, PrintBy Yue MinjunLocated in Zug, CHYue Minjun, Backyard Garden Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 x 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Roman numerals In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher PLEASE NOTE: Edition numbers could vary from the one shown in the pictures. The pictures shown are only for illustrative reasons, the piece is offered unframed. The print is mounted on double sheet of paper with a poem on one spread and print on the other. Backyard Garden belongs to the set of twenty lithographs from the “Snatched Ecstasy of Yue Minjun”, which comes as a limited edition of 130 rare books. The work of Yue Minjun is instantly recognizable with its uniform laughing faces, the artist's faces. Minjun creates various realities against which the laughing figures are rendered, thus creating ambiguous images, often with the sinister atmosphere, which comes as his personal cynical reaction to various social and political dimensions of contemporary Chinese realities. Immediately humorous and sympathetic, Yue Minjun’s paintings offer a light-hearted approach to philosophical enquiry and contemplation of existence. Yue’s self-portraits have been describe by theorist Li Xianting as “a self-ironic response to the spiritual vacuum and folly of modern-day China”, thus the acidic tones and commercialized vacuity of his works are used to underscore the insincerity of his figures’ mirth. “Art should be an expression of one's particular feelings and should be direct and deep. So I drew one person, and then added another and another until there were crowds of them. Then I felt my emotions to be fully expressed.„ —Yue Minjun YUE MINJUN Yue Min-Jun (born 1962, Daqing, China) is one of the leading Chinese artists. He is best known for oil paintings depicting formations of his laughing self-portraits in various settings. His iconography is easily recognisable, it challenges social and cultural conventions by depicting objects and political issues in a radical, abstract, ironic and cynical manner. Yue Min-Jun initially started painting as a hobby, subsequently he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Hebei Normal University, China in 1985. In the 90s he joined an artist community in Yuan Ming...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Armed Forces - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, ChineseBy Yue MinjunLocated in Zug, CHYue Minjun, Armed Forces Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 × 120 cm (31.5 × 47.2 in) Stamped S...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Paean on Grassland, Yue Minjun - Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, China, PrintBy Yue MinjunLocated in Zug, CHYue Minjun, Paean on Grassland Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 x 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) Stamped Signature, numbered...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Ingres & I, Yue Minjun- Contemporary Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, ChineseBy Yue MinjunLocated in Zug, CHYue Minjun, Ingres and I Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 × 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Ro...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Lotus Pool - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, ChineseBy Yue MinjunLocated in Zug, CHYue Minjun, Lotus Pool Lithograph in color on wove paper “BFK Rives” Edition of 130 120 x 80 cm (47.2 x 31.4 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Roman numerals In mint condition, as a...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Armed Forces - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, ChineseBy Yue MinjunLocated in Zug, CHYue Minjun, Armed Forces Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 × 120 cm (31.5 × 47.2 in) Stamped Signature, numbered in Roman ...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph