George Condo came up in the New York art world at a time when art favored brazen innuendo and shock. Student to Andy Warhol, best friend to Jean-Michel Basquiat and collaborator with William S. Burroughs, Condo tracked a different path. He was drawn to the endless inquiries posed by the aesthetics and formal considerations of Caravaggio, Rembrandt and the Old Masters.
American artist George Condo frequently cites Pablo Picasso as an explicit source in his contemporary cubist compositions and joyous use of paint. Condo is known for neo-Modernist compositions staked in wit and the grotesque, which draw the eye into a highly imaginary world.
