George Condo was part of the 1980s wild art scene in New York. In this video, recorded in his New York studio, the iconic artist shares his life-long love of drawing and thoughts on his artistic expression, which he describes as “artificial realism.”
”I kind of draw like you’re walking through the forest, where you don’t really know where you’re going, and you just start from some point and randomly travel through the paper until you get to a place where you finally reach your destination.” Condo studied music theory at college but soon realised that it was too formal and rigid for him and that he needed an art form that would give him more freedom. However, he still approaches his art like a musician, working fast and following the rhythm of the drawing or painting without “missing any of the notes.” The tempo, he feels, is very important when it comes to art.
Condo wants his work to contain clear references to the different artists – from Picasso to Velasquez – they’re inspired by, but with a
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