Oscillating between the abstract and the figurative, the majestic black eagle of Wool’s Untitled appears suspended in mid-air. The monochrome eagle, one of the artist’s most recognisable motifs, is an exemplary design of the artist’s pivotal rubber stamp series. In the mid 1980s Wool made a decisive breakthrough in his work with the discovery of a new tool that also provided him with new subject matter. One day, he watched a worker paint the walls outside his loft with a specialized roller. The roller covered the wall with repeating designs. It was manufactured with patterns incised in the surface and acted as a version of wallpaper. Wool began to make work with this kind of roller, applying glossy black enamel to an aluminum surface primed with white paint.