We're looking to get 25 pilots set up in the next 13 or 14 months with colleges to make sure that when first
generation kids of color get on campus, the set - up is conducive to them not just starting, but finishing, college.
The beautifully oversaturated
colors, lighting, and clever camera - work will bring to mind early Peter Jackson or Sam Raimi handing his bag
of tricks to a new
generation of nihilistic punk
kids raised on Lloyd Kaufman's Troma movies.
And I realized I had to do something 1983 Rammelzee vs K Rob «Beat Bop» 1984 First shows at Clarissa Dalrymple and Nicole Klagsbrun's Cable Gallery (artists
of Wool's
generation who begin showing same period include Philip Taaffe Jeff Koons Mike Kelley Cady Noland and James Nares 1984 produces first book photocopied edition
of four: 93 Drawings
of Beer on the Wall 1984 Warhol Rorschach paintings 1986 First pattern paintings 1987 Joins Luhring Augustine Gallery 1987 First word paintings 1988 Collaborative installation with Robert Gober one painting by Wool (Apocalypse Now) one sculpture by Gober (Three Urinals) one collaborative photograph (Untitled) and a mirror Gary Indiana contributes a short piece
of fiction to the accompanying publication 1988 In Cologne sees show
of Albert Oehlen's work meets Martin Kippenberger 1988 First European shows Cologne and Athens 1988 Collaborates with Richard Prince on two paintings: My Name and My Act 1989 Museum Group shows in Amsterdam Frankfurt am Main and Munich Whitney Biennial 1989 One year fellowship at the American Academy in Rome 1989 Starts taking photographs 1989 Publishes Black Book an oversized collection
of 9 - letter images 1989 Fall
of the Berlin Wall 1990 Meets Larry Clark 1991 First survey mounted at Boymans - Van Beuningen Museum Rotterdam publishes accompanying artist's book Cats in Bag Bags in River
color photocopies
of photographs
of black and white paintings 1991 Creates edition
of small paintings for ACT - UP New York Needle Exchange 1991 Participates in Carnegie International includes painting and billboard with truncated text announcing «THE SHOW IS OVER» 1991 Meets Jim Lewis 1991 Relocates studio to East 9th Street in New York 1992 LA riots 1992 DAAD residency in Berlin 1993 Publishes Absent Without Leave 160 black - and - white images from travel photographs taken over previous 4 years 1993 Begins silkscreened flower paintings 1993 Meets Michel Majerus 1994 Makes road - signs for Martin Kippenberger's Museum
of Modern Art Syros 1994 New York Knicks lose to Houston Rockets in Game 7 NBA Finals 1995 Organizes retrospective
of the New Cinema late 70's New York underground Super-8 films 1995 First spray - paintings 1995
Kids 1996 East Village studio severely damaged in building fire leaving Wool without a working space for 8 months artist's insurance photos become portfolio Incident on 9th Street 1997 Marries painter Charline von Heyl 1998 Museum
of Contemporary Art Los Angeles mounts mid-career retrospective travels to Carnegie Museum
of Art Pittsburgh and Kunsthalle Basel 1998 Begins silkscreen re-imaging
of own work 2001 Solo exhibition at Secession Vienna 2002 «Grey» paintings 2003 East Broadway Breakdown photos
of New York City 2005 First digital drawings 2006 Contributes art to Sonic Youth Rather Ripped 2007 Collaborates with Josh Smith on Can Your Monkey Do the Dog 2008 Collaborates with Richard Hell on Psychopts 2008 Christopher Wool lives and works in New York and Marfa Texas