Artist field note

Christopher Wool

Language after painting, painting after language.

Untitled pattern paintings by Christopher Wool — Example from the series
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Untitled pattern paintings

1980s

Decorative rollers repeat floral motifs, making painting look industrial before interruption enters.

The five in one idea

Wool turned repetition, language and erasure into a painting vocabulary for an image-saturated city.