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Christopher Wool — 2004 Drawings of Beer on the Wall #21
Christopher Wool

2004 Drawings of Beer on the Wall #21

Christopher Wool's *2004 Drawings of Beer on the Wall #21* is an enamel on paper work that exemplifies the artist's signature approach to text-based and gestural abstraction. The use of industrial enamel on paper lends the piece a raw, graphic quality, merging the immediacy of drawing with the boldness of commercial materials. Wool's work continues to challenge the boundaries between language, image, and surface, inviting viewers to engage with the visual tension embedded in his reductive yet charged compositions.

Medium
enamel on paper

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

May 10, 2018

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Christopher Wool, 2004 Drawings of Beer on the Wall #21

Christopher Wool's *2004 Drawings of Beer on the Wall #21* is an enamel on paper work that exemplifies the artist's signature approach to text-based and gestural abstraction. The use of industrial enamel on paper lends the piece a raw, graphic quality, merging the immediacy of drawing with the boldness of commercial materials. Wool's work continues to challenge the boundaries between language, image, and surface, inviting viewers to engage with the visual tension embedded in his reductive yet charged compositions.

Medium
enamel on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, Enamel On Paper, American Artist, Post-Punk Aesthetic, Late 20th Century, Works on Paper, Monochromatic, Text-Based Art

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery, Alex Capecelatro, Lisa Rembrandt