Not exact matches
He liked the effect, and made it his own, combining the wiped marks with
sprayed loops to create complex abstract fields that began to look, squinted at
from a distance, like black and
white reproductions
of paintings by Franz Kline or de Kooning.
The interplay
of much black and
white media in the exhibit — the large wall drawing Head and Tales, 2007, which consists
of dark marks made using
spray paint and abalone shells cast
from charcoal — arguably accentuate this.
Ou's black - and -
white photographs, Double Light Leak 1 and Double Light Leak 2 (both 2010), take mechanical applications
of paint —
from a
spray can and airbrush — as analogons
of photography's own shadow castings.
One
of the best - known pieces is a crude, collaged, black - and -
white spray -
painting on cardboard
from 1989 with the words «Eat Human Flesh» and a picture
of a now - forgotten teen celebrity.
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
In the black
paintings, skinny cables
of white tape are peeled away
from the black
paint and articulate the matte surface while in Coral Krylon thicker squiggles
of tape conceal the
sprayed green and pink forms behind.
Major innovations - mostly by American sculptors, but see Destroyed City (1953) by the Russian sculptor Ossip Zadkine (1890 - 1967)- included the «sculptured walls»
of Louise Nevelson (1899 - 1988)- assemblages composed
of found objects, mostly wood,
sprayed in
white, black or gold
paint and arranged in box - like shelves occupying a wall; the felt sculptures
of Robert Morris (b. 1931); the neon and fluorescent works
of Bruce Nauman (b. 1941); the works
of Cesar (1921 - 98) made
from car - parts; the junk sculptures (eg.
It also acquired three acrylic - on - canvas
paintings from the»60s by Lawrence Weiner — No Title, Title Unknown and Yellow Wheel with Orange Border — plus three other»60s - era conceptual installations — A Wall Pitted by a Single Air Rifle Shot; Gloss
White Lacquer,
Sprayed for 2 Minutes at 40 lb Pressure Directly upon the Floor and A 36 x 36 Removal to the Lathing or Support
of Plaster or Wallboard
from a Wall.
The show includes a wood panel covered with black cedar shingles by Aaron Aujla (b. 1986); a vertical monochrome whose surface is marked by circular holes, which turn out to be the insides
of plastic caps for cans
of spray paint, by Dylan Bailey (1985); and a ghostly square monochrome whose surface is made
from horizontal rows
of strapping tape, translucent but reinforced with
white string, by Chris Duncan (b. 1974).
From your recycling bin: • two 2L pop bottles (I used Coke Zero) • mouth was bottle • two shampoo or conditioner bottles (plastic deodorant containers may work too) • round plastic dip or spread container • thin cardboard from cereal boxes or something similar • paper towel tube From the thrift store or the back of your closet: • old purse with brown faux - leather straps From the craft store, hardware store or your supply cabinet: • scissors and x-acto knife • glue gun and glue sticks • white glue • masking tape • wire • spray primer • spackling paste • silver spray paint • craft paint in bronze, pewter and black • paint bru
From your recycling bin: • two 2L pop bottles (I used Coke Zero) • mouth was bottle • two shampoo or conditioner bottles (plastic deodorant containers may work too) • round plastic dip or spread container • thin cardboard
from cereal boxes or something similar • paper towel tube From the thrift store or the back of your closet: • old purse with brown faux - leather straps From the craft store, hardware store or your supply cabinet: • scissors and x-acto knife • glue gun and glue sticks • white glue • masking tape • wire • spray primer • spackling paste • silver spray paint • craft paint in bronze, pewter and black • paint bru
from cereal boxes or something similar • paper towel tube
From the thrift store or the back of your closet: • old purse with brown faux - leather straps From the craft store, hardware store or your supply cabinet: • scissors and x-acto knife • glue gun and glue sticks • white glue • masking tape • wire • spray primer • spackling paste • silver spray paint • craft paint in bronze, pewter and black • paint bru
From the thrift store or the back
of your closet: • old purse with brown faux - leather straps
From the craft store, hardware store or your supply cabinet: • scissors and x-acto knife • glue gun and glue sticks • white glue • masking tape • wire • spray primer • spackling paste • silver spray paint • craft paint in bronze, pewter and black • paint bru
From the craft store, hardware store or your supply cabinet: • scissors and x-acto knife • glue gun and glue sticks •
white glue • masking tape • wire •
spray primer • spackling paste • silver
spray paint • craft
paint in bronze, pewter and black •
paint brushes
Wall Color: Kendall Charcoal by Benjamin Moore Trim Color: Simply
White by Benjamin Moore Desk: Has been Jason's since he was little, pretty sure it was passed on down
from another family member,
painted Revere Pewter (just because we had extra
of that) and the knobs were
spray painted.
We picked up one
of the little side tables
from Prattville Pickers for $ 8, and gave it a makeover using more
white spray paint and some Miniwax Special Walnut - stained, wood «fill - it» strips
from Home Depot...
Source List: Wall Color — Glass Slipper in a matte finish by Benjamin Moore Trim Color — Simply
White in a semi-gloss finish by Benjamin Moore Rug — Pottery Barn Kids (during a sale this summer — I would have preferred the larger size but because
of the price difference went with the smaller option) Vintage Chair and Desk —
White Home Market Dresser — Target about six years ago Banner — Made
from leftover wallpaper (PiP Studio — Birds in Paradise in
White from Decorate to Go) Piggy Bank — Target Box Under Piggy Bank — Joyfolie Crown — H&M Little Vase — Target Flowers — Trader Joe's Boots — Sheplers Candle Sticks — Pottery Barn years and years ago,
spray painted gold Candles — World Market Book Ledges — Target
I really didn't feel like getting out my
paint brushes, sander & primer and doing the whole messy ordeal, so I grabbed a couple
of cans
of Heirloom
White Rust - oleum
spray paint from Home Depot.
So I picked up a couple
of rather colorful pieces
of faux coral
from the local pet store and gave them a
spray -
painted,
white makeover.
In this space, an old door found in a burn pile was paired with a vintage gate — reclaimed
from a dump and brightened up with a mist
of white spray paint.
My husband and I bought lumber, had it custom cut to fit our requirements,
spray painted them in Benjamin Moore's «Maritime
White» (to match the background colour
of the wallpaper) and then paired them with brackets
from Anthropologie.
PARTY SECRET: The bases
of the toadstools are made
from an 8 ″ concrete form sawed in pieces and
spray painted white.
I knew going
from white to black would be drastic, and I was a actually a bit nervous, but four cans
of spray paint later I love them!!