George Condo born 1957

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George Condo - Red Portrait
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Post-War & Contemporary Art
May 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Realised: 50.775 USD
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George Condo - Figure with Pearls
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session
May 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Realised: 69.850 USD
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George Condo - Out of Time and In Space
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session
May 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Realised: 419.100 USD
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George Condo - Untitled
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Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Realised: 176.400 USD
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George Condo - Confrontation
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Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Realised: 1.260.000 USD
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George Condo - Untitled (Impressions)
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
May 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 30.000 - 40.000 USD
Realised: 127.000 USD
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George Condo - Untitled (Painting Drawing 6)
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Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 1.500.000 - 2.000.000 USD
Realised: 1.804.500 USD
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George Condo - Study for The Conspiracy
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Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Realised: 50.400 USD
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George Condo - Drawing Paintings (18 works)
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Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples
May 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 7.000 - 9.000 USD
Realised: 7.650 USD
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George Condo - Portrait Composition in Blue and Grey
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Masterpieces from the S.I. Newhouse Collection
May 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Realised: 2.712.000 USD
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George Condo - Take Yourself Away
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
May 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Realised: 482.600 USD
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George Condo - Untitled
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First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 26.000 - 35.000 GBP
Realised: 35.280 GBP
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The artist George Condo

  • Postmodern US-American painter.
  • Known for his grotesque portraits and figures with "psychological cubist" influences.
  • Adorned an Hermès handbag that rapper Kanye West bought for his wife Kim Kardashian.

George Condo, born 1957 in Concord, New Hampshire, is a contemporary US painter of postmodern art. Condo's paintings show mostly exaggerated faces, grotesque to satirical portraits and figures with bulging eyes, bulging cheeks and displaced mouths or missing noses. They leave an almost carnivalesque impression and stand out because of their cubist elements.

Condo himself therefore calls his style »psychological cubism« - in it he underlines and satirises the human imperfections that otherwise give way to the beauty of painting. Others describe his work as surrealist. Even Condo's most abstract works, such as his Internal Space (2005), which features a formation of geometric shapes in the centre, address the aforementioned weaknesses by revealing the extremes of the human psyche.

Condo has lived in New York since the 1980s. He has been friends with popular artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring and has worked together with the writer William S. Burroughs and the poet Allen Ginsberg. He made a name for himself because he attracted the attention of rapper Kanye West. He designed the cover for the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and in 2013 West gave his likewise celebrity partner Kim Kardashian an Hermès handbag decorated by Condo for Christmas.

Especially in the 2010s, a number of solo exhibitions were dedicated to Condo. In 2011 and 2012, his works were shown as part of the exhibition George Condo: Mental States at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt. In 2013, he was honoured with an exhibition at Galerie Sprüth Magers in Berlin and in 2016 with one at Museum Berggruen, also in Berlin.

Der Künstler George Condo

  • Postmoderner US-amerikanischer Maler.
  • Bekannt für groteske Porträts und Figuren mit »psychologisch-kubistischen« Einschlägen.
  • Verzierte 2013 eine Hermès-Handtasche für Kim Kardashian.

George Condo, geb. 1957 in Concord, New Hampshire, ist ein zeitgenössischer US-amerikanischer Maler der postmodernen Kunst. Condos Gemälde zeigen meist überzeichnete Gesichter, groteske bis satirische Porträts und Figuren mit hervorquellenden Augen, kugeligen Wangen und verschobenen Mündern oder fehlenden Nasen. Sie hinterlassen einen beinahe karnevalistischen Eindruck und stechen durch ihre kubistisch anmutenden Elemente hevor.

Condo selbst bezeichnet seinen Stil daher als »psychologischen Kubismus« – er untermalt und persifliert darin die menschlichen Unvollkommenheiten, die sonst der Schönheit der Malerei weichen. Von außen wird seine Arbeit als surrealistisch beschrieben. Auch die abstraktesten Arbeiten Condos, wie etwa sein Internal Space (2005, dt.: »innerer Raum«), auf dem ein Gebilde aus geometrischen Formen im Zentrum zu sehen ist, gehen gewissermaßen auf die genannten Schwächen ein, indem sie die Extreme der menschlichen Psyche offenbaren.

Condo lebt seit den 1980er-Jahren in New York. Er war mit populären Künstlern wie Jean-Michel Basquiat und Keith Haring befreundet und arbeitete mit dem Schriftsteller William S. Burroughs und dem Dichter Allen Ginsberg zusammen. Von sich reden machte er, weil er großen Anklang bei Rapper Kanye West fand. Er entwarf das Cover für das Album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, außerdem schenkte West seiner ebenfalls prominenten Partnerin Kim Kardashian 2013 eine von Condo verzierte Hermès-Handtasche zu Weihnachten.

Vor allem in den 2010ern wurden Condo eine Reihe von Einzelausstellungen gewidmet. 2011 und 2012 wurden seine Werke im Rahmen der Ausstellung George Condo: Mental States im New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, im Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam sowie in der Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt gezeigt. 2013 wurde ihm eine Ausstellung in der Galerie Sprüth Magers in Berlin und 2016 eine im Museum Berggruen, ebenfalls in Berlin, zuteil.

George Condo - Des Esseintes Contemplating Artifice
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ADAM: Works from the Collection of Adam Lindemann
March 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Realised: 163.800 USD
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George Condo - Untitled
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New Now
March 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Realised: 107.950 USD
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George Condo - Untitled
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New Now
March 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Realised: 95.250 USD
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George Condo - Seated Nude
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Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 2023
Christies, London
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Realised: 176.400 GBP
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George Condo - Untitled
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 2023
Phillips, Hong Kong Auction
Est.: 900.000 - 1.200.000 HKD
Realised: 1.270.000 HKD
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George Condo - Untitled
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 2023
Phillips, London Auction
Est.: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Realised: 171.450 GBP
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George Condo - Black Dots - Playing on a Landscape
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 2023
Phillips, London Auction
Est.: 150.000 - 200.000 GBP
Realised: 241.300 GBP
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George Condo - Linear Butler
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 2023
Phillips, London Auction
Est.: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Realised: 95.250 GBP
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George Condo - Easter Sunday
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20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale
February 2023
Christies, London
Est.: 1.800.000 - 2.500.000 GBP
Realised: 2.022.000 GBP
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George Condo - Renaissance Figures II
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Editions & Works on Paper
February 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Realised: 27.720 USD
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George Condo - The Insane Clown
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Evening & Day Editions
January 2023
Phillips, London Auction
Est.: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Realised: 16.380 GBP
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George Condo - Cat head
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Art contemporain - vente online
December 2022
Christies
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 EUR
Realised: 23.940 EUR
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George Condo in News and Exhibitions

Hauser & Wirth London

George Condo has been a fixture in American contemporary art since the 1980s. Now Hauser & Wirth London is showing recent works by the painter from October 13 to December 23, 2021.

October 13, 2021

George Condo in News and Exhibitions

Hauser & Wirth London

Seit den 1980er Jahren ist George Condo eine feste Größe in der amerikanischen Gegenwartskunst. Nun zeigt Hauser & Wirth London vom 13. Oktober bis 23. Dezember 2021 aktuelle Arbeiten des Malers.

October 13, 2021

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