Christopher Wool
Many of the works on display are swirling, multilayered oil and inkjet works on paper like this one, “Untitled 2020.” Credit...Hilary Swift for The New York Times
In his biggest exhibit since a 2013 retrospective at the Guggenheim, Christopher Wool has created his own show in a unique space.
The artist Christopher Wool was dressed in a black button-down shirt, matching pants and white sneakers. His long, wiry white hair — pulled back in a ponytail — contrasted nicely with his black-framed glasses.
He looked as if he could easily disappear into one of his signature black, brushstroke paintings hanging in the 18,000 square feet of raw, unfinished industrial space on the 19th floor of an uninhabited office in Manhattan’s Financial District. He rented the space last year in preparation for his biggest exhibit since his Guggenheim retrospective in 2013.
“See Stop Run,” a survey of Wool’s works created mostly over the past decade, opened on March 14 at 101 Greenwich Street, and runs through July 31. Seventy-four pieces are on view.
The unpolished, somewhat broken and exposed interior is a nontraditional setting purposely chosen for an equally nontraditional show.
“Galleries can be limiting; raw space is not,” said Wool, 68, as he stood among the calm chaos of his work. “The whole dilemma with the white cube gallery room is it’s neutral. It doesn’t give you anything. The characteristics of this space give something back.
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