George Condo Art
American, b. 1957
George Condo was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1957. He attended the University of Massachusetts, in Lowell, where he studied Music Theory and Art History. Condo’s art can be viewed as a multilayered experience that brings the viewer in touch with a psychological exploration of human nature. Through the process of transformation involving art historical language and an actualization of philosophical content, Condo’s paintings create a visible window into the world we live in.
His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Judith Rothschild Foundation, Philadelphia; Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles; Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles; Tate Modern, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Ministère de la Culture, Paris; Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain, Ile de France, Paris; Staedel Museum, Frankfurt; Dakis Joannou Collection Foundation, Athens; Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona; the Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS Ltd., Tel Aviv; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
Condo has been invited to lecture at many prestigious institutions including Columbia University, Yale University, Pasadena Art Center, San Francisco MOMA, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mr. Condo taught a six-month course at Harvard University entitled Painting Memory. In 1999 Mr. Condo received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2005 he received the Francis J. Greenberger Award; in 2013 Condo was honored by the New York Studio School; in 2018 he was a BOMB Magazine 2018 Anniversary Gala Honoree. Condo recently performed, painting live, on-stage in Anthony Roth Constanzo’s Glass Handel, an opera co-produced by the Philadelphia Opera and National Sawdust, featuring the music of George Frideric Handel and Phillip Glass.
In 2019, Condo was selected to participate in the 58th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia: May You Live in Interesting Times, curated by Ralph Rugoff. Condo was also the subject of a major retrospective of works on paper titled The Way I Think at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., in early 2017, which travelled to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark in the Fall of 2017. In 2016 Condo’s work was the feature of a museum-wide exhibition, Confrontation, at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Museum Berggruen, Berlin, curated by Udo Kittelmann. In 2011, the New Museum, New York presented the retrospective exhibition, Mental States. This exhibition travelled to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Hayward Gallery, London; and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt.
EDUCATION
1976-78 Lowell University, Massachusetts(Biography provided by New Union Gallery)
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Artist: George Condo
Limited Edition monograph with slipcase: George Condo at Cycladic (hand signed)
By George Condo
Located in New York, NY
George Condo at Cycladic (hand signed by George Condo), 2018
Limited Edition monograph with slipcase (hand signed by George Condo)
11 × 8 1/2 inches
Published in a stated limited edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
Conversations
By George Condo
Located in New York, NY
George Condo
Conversations (Plate 3), 2011
Unsigned
Offset lithograph on paper
10-3/4 x 9-1/4 inches (27.3 x 23.5 cm) (sheet)
Ed. 400
Category
2010s Abstract George Condo Art
Materials
Offset
More Sketches of Spain - For Miles Davis, #6
By George Condo
Located in London, GB
More Sketches of Spain - For Miles Davis, #6
1991
Limited edition of 40
Etching and aquatint on Guarro paper
Category
1990s Minimalist George Condo Art
Materials
Etching
Plate 5 Cascading Butlers
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This beautiful print by George Condo was released as part of a portfolio in a limited edition of 400 on the occasion of his exhibition "Drawing Paintings" at Skarsketdt Gallery in 2011
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Lithograph
Self Portrait in Paris 1 poster
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Sold unframed.
Beautiful poster produced on the occasion of the George Condo exhibition at The Museum of Cycladic Art in Greece. Only about 300 were m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Condo Art
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Mental States lenticular invite, 2012
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Very rare lenticular invite for George Condo's exhbition "Mental States" in 2012
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Lenticular
Plate 1 Comic Relief
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This beautiful print by George Condo was released as part of a portfolio in a limited edition of 400 on the occasion of his exhibition "Drawing Paintings" at Skarsketdt Gallery in 2011
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Lithograph
UNTITLED (TWO HEADS)
By George Condo
Located in Aventura, FL
Original conte crayon on paper. Dated "12.84" lower margin. Provenance: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York. Artwork size 12.5 x 9.5 inches. Fram...
Category
1980s Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Crayon, Paper
George Condo "Machine Bugs" Plate Coalition for the Homeless Fine Bone China
By George Condo
Located in Draper, UT
Edition of 250
Fine Bone China
Printed signature and edition details on Verso
Custom Artist Box with Printed Signature
Category
2010s Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Screen
Plate 15, Compression VI
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This beautiful print by George Condo was released as part of a portfolio in a limited edition of 400 on the occasion of his exhibition "Drawing Paintings" at Skarsketdt Gallery in 20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Lithograph
Plate 10 Compression I
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This beautiful print by George Condo was released as part of a portfolio in a limited edition of 400 on the occasion of his exhibition "Drawing Paintings" at Skarsketdt Gallery in 2011
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Lithograph
Compression V
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This beautiful print by George Condo was released as part of a portfolio in a limited edition of 400 on the occasion of his exhibition "Drawing Paintings" at Skarsketdt Gallery in 2011
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Lithograph
UNTITLED (MASKED FIGURE)
By George Condo
Located in Aventura, FL
Original conte crayon on paper. Dated "12.13.84" central quadrant. Provenance: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York. Artwork size 12.5 x 9.5 inches....
Category
1980s Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Plate 14, Compression IV
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This beautiful print by George Condo was released as part of a portfolio in a limited edition of 400 on the occasion of his exhibition "Drawing Paintings" at Skarsketdt Gallery in 2011
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Condo Art
Materials
Lithograph
Plate 13, Compression IV
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Released as part of a portfolio in a limited edition of 400 on the occasion of George Condo's exhibition "Drawing Paintings" at Skarsketdt Gallery in 2011. Unsigned and unnumbered
S...
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2010s Abstract George Condo Art
Materials
Offset
Plate 1 Comic Relief
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Released as part of a portfolio in a limited edition of 400 on the occasion of George Condo's exhibition "Drawing Paintings" at Skarsketdt Gallery in 2011. Unsigned and unnumbered
S...
Category
2010s Abstract George Condo Art
Materials
Offset
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He worked together successfully with Burroughs, which included a visit to Burroughs in Lawrence, Kansas. Condo said: "We both disintegrated in each other's presence and became a third being." However, each retained their individuality as well with Condo contributing a cartoon aspect to their conceptual sculpture of layered images.
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