[GB]

Hi All,

After more info on george condo.

Gallery info
Know he has an exhibition in the hayward at the moment. But what is his official gallery?

Print info
Has he ever released any prints? If so anyone know anywhere that sells them?

Appreciate the any info

Cheers

Gary

[Happy Shopper]

One of the galleries at Frieze were promoting a new show of drawings... can't remember the gallery though! Sorry.
Think it was a UK gallery!!

[Happy Shopper]

www.spruethmagers.com/exhibitions/290

[dreadnatty]

George Condo at Skarstedt Gallery NYC

www.skarstedt.com/exhibitions/2014-11-08_george-condo/

Skarstedt is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by George Condo titled Double Heads / Black Paintings / Abstractions, featuring large-scale paintings created in 2014 at his East Hampton studio.

Condo’s Double Heads and Black Paintings continue his investigation of the concept of portraiture. In these most recent works, Condo has adopted Harold Rosenberg’s idea of ‘action painting’— a term used to describe the performative, often volatile energy exercised by Abstract Expressionist painters like de Kooning and Pollock—to create his own ‘action portraits.’ Through an elaborate process of layering, erasure, and reconstruction, shattered images of faces and bodies emerge from and interact within a field of abstract forms.

Incorporating the use of silver metallic paint in Double Portrait in Grisaille on Silver, 2014, and other works in this series, Condo references Warhol’s silver paintings from the 1960’s such as Double Elvis. After preparing a ground of silver paint on canvas, Condo applies ivory black onto loose sheets of paper, which is then transferred onto the canvasses, giving them the look and surface quality of a screen print. He then creates a schism in this form by subsequently employing the traditional technique of grisaille to draw out the figures by hand.
In creating such large-scale paintings in a very confined studio space, Condo has been forced to work ‘inside’ his paintings, addressing both subject and material at close range—never stepping too far back from the canvas to allow the image in his mind to entirely materialize. Both gestural improvisation and concrete imagery are evident as he forcefully pushes and pulls the paint around the surface of the canvas until a final image emerges, fully formed yet haunted by the process of its becoming. In Beginnings, 2014, a large square format painting, a single eye peers out from the devastation of what at one time might have been a full portrait. This process of addition, subtraction and layering evokes a visceral response to both the handling of paint and the subject of the painting.

Partially obscured by violent brush marks, the likenesses of the figures and characters in Condo’s paintings are integrations of forms that the brushwork fractures. Facial features peek out from underneath fields of color as broad strokes of bold black and white paint shatter the pictorial plane. The simultaneous multiple expressions of his portraits speak to the volatility of human emotions and the unpredictability—even hilarity—of the characters one encounters in urban life.

The abstract works in this exhibition fluctuate between the lyrical and the hysterical, building upon the cacophony of interacting forms for which Condo is known. In Silver Mass, 2014, as well as several other works on view, Condo extends the lineage of his series of abstract ‘expanding canvasses’, which began in the early 1980’s, to invent ever new painterly forms and hints of human expression.

Double Heads / Black Paintings / Abstractions will be on view at Skarstedt Chelsea (550 W. 21st Street) from November 8 through December 20, 2014.

[Winter]

Love his work

[Harveyn]

I also love his work. I had an opportunity to purchase a work several years back but that ship has sailed. These look like an interesting departure and one I think I like.

[Hairbland]

Dug the New Museum retrospective, will check this out.

Also 2 nice Maurizio Cattelan shows in NYC, 1 opened last week @ S2 and second opens tonight Venus Over Manhattan.

[dani3orange]

I love George Condo, well his work anyway
Wish I was in NY to see this!

[dreadnatty]

Best show of the year for me.

[Cardiff]

I am a HUGE fan of Condo's work. Unfortunately, way outside my budget. Thanks for posting.

[dreadnatty]

Dec 6, 2014 3:10:00 GMT 1 Cardiff said:

I am a HUGE fan of Condo's work. Unfortunately, way outside my budget. Thanks for posting.

Woman at the gallery said they were all sold and the least expensive ones were $600k

[ca]

Not exactly urban art but I know some of you are fans. Recently picked up this book and wanted to share how amazing the quality is, if you were on the fence just like I was and hesitating between this one and the Mental States book, I gotta say "Painting Reconfigured" is a great choice. Bigger in size, more content and shows the evolutions of Condo throughout the years. Great value for the price.

50$ on Amazon

[dreadnatty]

www.spruethmagers.com/exhibitions/407

[Cardiff]

Nice...thanks for posting Dread! I'm in LA tomorrow night and may try to swing by to window shop.

[Winter]

Love his work

[Deleted]

Sort of crude Picasso meets Dali mixed with Bacon does Disney.

[valentina]

Top fiver for me

[alk416]

Anyone see the prices? 300-400k?

[dreadnatty]

arrestedmotion.com/2016/04/showing-george-condo-entrance-to-the-void-spruth-magers-los-angeles/

Sprüth Magers Gallery in Los Angeles is currently showing Entrance to the Void, a solo by George Condo. On view from the 20th of April until the 11th of June, the exhibition includes a new body of work by the “pioneer of the international revival of figurative painting.”

Revisiting diverse styles that he has used in the past, the show from the NYC-based artist is a comprehensive summary of his progressive stance toward painting. Through individual paintings that represent different visual languages, Condo uses references to his own practice and the classic art influences – from Rembrandt, Velazquez, Fragonard and Picasso, to Cubism, Surrealism, Pop Art and comic books.

A separate series of three paintings pay homage directly to the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya’s The Countess of Carpio, Marquesa de la Solana, by mixing the elements of the original work with abstraction. His celebrated multifaced portraits assembled from fragments of faces and geo shapes are represented with six “psychological cubist” paintings. The rows of teeth, spider-like sets of eyelashes, ‘bugged-out’ eyes, and dense tangles of hair are signature elements of the American artist’s unconventional handling of the portrait genre, all notable on these large canvases. Entrance to the Void marks over three decades of Condo’s work with the gallery since his very first solo show at Monika Sprüth Gallery in Cologne in 1984.

[Deleted]

 Describing Condo as  "the pioneer of the international revival of figurative painting.”  I doubt it considering figurative painting never went away and many artists over the decades including Hockney have been tagged with that phrase.

The exhibition looks good and the influences make it interesting.

[kalm]

Love George Condo. Wish he would do prints of this album cover. Anyone have the card set? Or a program from this show?

[alk]

Surprised I heard about this so late and haven't heard more about it, but here is it.

artandculture.com/art/print/droopy-dog-abstraction/

Started at $3750, currently at $4350.

[dreadnatty]

Love me some G.Condo but this is 💩

[Rouen Cathedral]

Geez these galleries play everyone for fools. The price staggers up as it sells. Lol. I will never buy a print that does that.

Btw they are probably too expensive for me anyway haha

[kalm]

Anyone know where I can watch this George Condo Documentary? Based in the States but can switch to Euro VPN if necessary.

[Leo Boyd]

Jun 19, 2018 22:36:27 GMT 1 kalm said:

Anyone know where I can watch this George Condo Documentary? Based in the States but can switch to Euro VPN if necessary.

I have just had a look and no luck as of yet.
Shame it looks good. 
I did find this shorter interview/doc but I'll let you know if I find the one you are looking for 

channel.louisiana.dk/video/george-condo-way-i-think

[adewilliams]

I've watched this several times, he's just incredible

[kalm]

Thanks for looking Leo

[Laugh Now 10]

off the subject, this thread reminded me of one of my favorite Condo pieces which, and correct me if I’m wrong, was previously owned by David Bowie and sold after his death 









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[moron]

From the film and Condos art looks like a pastiche mix of Picasso and De Kooning with a bit of Dix thrown in.