George CONDO

Joan of Arc, 2002
Oil on canvas
21" x 18"

Young Red Nude, 2002
Oil on canvas
60" x 48"

The ballerina
oil on canvas

 

Condo's work is, bizarre and explores the saturated world of portraiture in a beautifully original way.I found George Condo’s work after a long hard day in the library after feeling a bit deflated. I am inspired by how alters reality by changing and deforming ‘normal’ facial features and body features. I admire how his work is very detailed something  i intend on working on in my own work.

The vast majority of his so-called “portraits” are not portraits at all but images of imaginary people. His subject matter, which can be simultaneously hilarious and scarifying, puts a lot of people off, but many contemporary artists are in awe of his virtuoso paint handling
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