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 Pontégnie, 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 dogs 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.

Opening May 2, 2025
Friday and Saturday
12 pm - 6 pm

Brite Building
Marfa, Texas

Free and open to the public.