Fusing the traditions of Warhol and Pollock, Christopher Wool may be the quintessential American painter. Wool is both a gestural painter who uses mechanical means, and a reproductive painter who uses his own hand. In his paintings, process and facility are often confused: an expressive splatter of paint may turn out to be the product of a carefully applied template, while impassive blocks of stencilled are actually lettering of fine brushwork.