See Stop Run

See Stop Run West Texas

A new chapter of See Stop Run will be on view in Marfa, Texas, for a two-year period beginning in Spring 2025. Housed in the historic Brite Building, See Stop Run West Texas continues to explore connections between Wool’s work and the context in which it is shown. In Marfa, where Wool’s sculptural practice originated, these relationships will be central to the installation. In addition, three large outdoor sculptures will be on view.

See Stop Run, a survey of Christopher Wool’s works from the past decade, was exhibited from March through July 2024 in New York City. The exhibition took place on the 19th floor of an unoccupied space in the heart of the financial district. The city permeated the exhibition through windows that wrapped around the 18,000 square foot installation.

Curated with Anne Pontegnie, both of these installations emphasize Wool’s complex image-making process and the interconnectivity between mediums: painting, sculpture, photography, and mosaic.

my earliest memory is coming home from school and talking with my mother… at the time we were learning to read from Dick and Jane.

mom: “hi chris how was school?”
me: “fine mom.”
mom: “what did you do today in school?”
me: “well mom we are learning to spell.”
mom: “oh how nice chris what can you spell?”
me: “well i can spell ‘spot’ the dog’s name.”
mom: “ok chris how do you spell spot?”
me: “s…p…o…t…”
mom “very nice chris, now how do you spell stop??”….
(pause)
my brain completely short-circuited
run dog run…

Born 1955. Lives and works in New York City and Marfa Texas.

Brite Building, Marfa, Texas
Friday–Saturday 12:00–6:00pm

Free and open to the public.

See Stop Run, an extensive catalogue for Christopher Wool’s landmark 2024 exhibition in New York City takes the form of an expanded artist’s book, gathering nearly three hundred photographs of the installation, seeing the project through the eyes of its visitors—artists, friends, and Instagram users. Text by Christopher Wool and Anne Pontegnie.