George Condo
Internal Riot
5 November 2020 – 23 January 2021
New York, 22nd Street
In this new body of work, Condo’s figures grapple with the overwhelming uncertainty and dissonant emotions that are being felt across the globe.
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Made during the quarantine period, these works reflect the unsettling experience of physical distance and the absence of human contact during this prolonged time of social isolation. The pandemic has forced Condo to take his portraiture practice to a new level, with invented characters captured in an abstract web that reveals the humanity inherent in their fractured psychological states.
‘All the paintings relate to the spontaneous, improvisational nature of the works on paper, their immediacy. The painting Internal Riot and the drawing Portrait of Virginia Woolf, are totally interrelated. I worked on a daily basis, dating each piece when it was finished. Some took days, others weeks. Some took only hours... the elasticity of time became apparent to everyone I know. There is a migratory sense in the air. People want to move with no clear path in sight. This is the moment for change. As an artist I know I can right wrongs in my paintings and that is what I do. I unite every form and color and harmonize it to the point where it sings like a choir. I’d love to see the world do that.’—George Condo
‘Paintings and works on paper are my interpretations of the abstract web humanity is caught up in... the polarization, no straight up and down, an endless saga of going one way or another, ending nowhere.’
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‘George Condo. Internal Riot’ is open for timed viewing appointments. To book a timed viewing appointment, please make a reservation here. Viewing appointments will be released on a weekly basis. Please review viewing guidelines prior to your visit.
About the Artist
George Condo
Born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1957, George Condo lives and works in New York City. He studied Art History and Music Theory at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, where he became particularly inspired by a course on Baroque and Rococo painting. He moved to Boston and played in...
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Earlier this spring Hauser & Wirth presented the online exhibition ‘Drawings for Distanced Figures.’ This newbody of work which forms ‘Internal Riot’ continues to provide a powerful commentary on the divisive world welive in today.
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‘George Condo. Internal Riot’ is on view now through 23 January 2021 at Hauser & Wirth New York 22nd Street.
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