Christopher Wool

Christopher Wool

Sometimes I close my eyes
interview by GLENN O’BRIEN 
portrait by TERRY RICHARDSON 

 

THE PAINTINGS OF CHRISTOPHER WOOL combine everything we’ve ever liked: situationism, hard-edge, expressionism, rock, grafitti art, typography, stenciling, street argot, and Warhol’s serial glamour. He is interviewed by writer and New York personality, Glenn O’Brien, who asks Wool about his personal taste on everything from Pizza to Pollock.

GLENN O BRIEN — How do you begin, with blank canvas? Paper?
CHRISTOPHER WOOL — Sometimes I close my eyes. For me starting is easy and finishing difficult.

GLENN O BRIEN — What does the song “Wooly Bully” mean? Do you know what a “rilly” is?
CHRISTOPHER WOOL — It’s like a “mook”… Who knows….

GLENN O BRIEN — Do the word paintings have anything to do with Abracadabra?
CHRISTOPHER WOOL — Not that I know of.

GLENN…