George Condo, Known for His Impertinent and Cheeky Deconstructions of Modernism, Proves Staunchly Resistant to Depth
Condo has long been adept at taking the visual vocabulary of high modernism and straining them, violently or hilariously, through a contemporary lens.
‘George Condo – Pastels’
Sprüth Magers Gallery, 22 East 80th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
Through March 1, 2025
Hauser & Wirth, 134 Wooster Street, New York, NY
Through April 12, 2025
George Condo’s double opening at the uptown Sprüth Magers Gallery and the SoHo location of Hauser & Wirth establishes him as a known, if not always celebrated, quantity in the contemporary art world. Known for his impertinent and cheeky deconstructions of modernism, a cubist portraiture referred to in some corners as “cutism,” he now occupies both galleries with large, handsome pastels.
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