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Greta (Gremlins 2, 1990) wearing Jean Paul Gaultier’s Iconic Cone Bra (as worn by Madonna in 1990 whilst touring in Chiba, Japan) with Maison Margiela’s synonymous Tabi boots and a George Condo hand painted Hermès Birkin Bag (commissioned by Kanye West for Kim Kardashian’s birthday in 2013).
Gouache and Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, 2020.
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GEORGE CONDO, Drawings for Distanced Figures, 2020
Made during the last three weeks [March, 2020], in the artist’s home studio in New York state, these portrait drawings are evocative of the experience of isolation during this unsettling period of social distance. Depicted in crayon, pencil and ink, overlapping figures are layered, combining multiple viewpoints to reflect different emotions occurring simultaneously; fear, paranoia, claustrophobia, panic and distress are portrayed in this particular group of drawings but handled with such beauty, elegance and resolve as to provide an antidote.
As in previous works, Condo’s ‘Distanced Figures’ synthesize pictorial languages and motifs to create what he describes as ‘composites of various psychological states’. The themes in the drawings not only respond to our current situation and the absence of human contact, they are a continuation of the recurrent themes in the artist’s work. The figures in this new series of works often appear in pairs, linked by intersecting lines, yet their viewpoints do not connect. For Condo, the condition of isolation also carries positive connotations of seclusion in the studio space.
from Hauser-Wirth’s press release
George Condo - Escape From Humanity, 2021, Acrylic, gesso, ink & wax crayon on paper, 151.7 x 106 cm (59 ¾ x 41 ¾ in)
