George Condo

Born December 10, 1957 Concord US
Nationality: American
Activities: Painter, illustrator, draftsman, sculptor
Education: Chelmsford High School
Represented by
Xavier Hufkens (en), Sprüth Magers (en), Skarstedt Gallery (d), Artists Rights Society, Skarstedt Gallery (d), Hauser & Wirth, Almine Rech gallery (d)
Workplaces New York, Paris, Los Angeles
Contemporary Art Movement
Soundtrack:
Jacques Hétu (1938-2010) (Québec)
Concerto for organ and orchestra (2000)
Organiste : Rachel Laurin
Dir : Mario Bernardi
George Condo is a contemporary American artist known for his figurative style of fractured faces, bold lines, and aggressive imagery. Condo often recontextualizes paintings by Old Masters, blending their imagery and techniques with modern and contemporary aesthetics that echo Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning. “I describe what I do as psychological cubism,” he explains of his aesthetic. Born in 1957, the New Hampshire native moved to New York City because his friend Jean-Michel Basquiat persuaded him to do so in the late 1970s. After working briefly in Andy Warhol's Factory, Condo left for Paris in 1985, lived there for 10 years before returning to New York, where he lives and works. The painter's influence comes from a variety of contemporary painters like John Currin, Glenn Brown and Lisa Yuskavage.