George Condo
Expanded portraits
Exhibition
15.12.20 – 10.04.21
This winter, Galerie Andrea Caratsch is showcasing a group of works by George Condo (b. 1957) consisting of sixteen bronze sculptures titled “Expanded Portraits” from 2002, staged in front of the blown-up silkscreen paintings of the same sculptures. Reflecting the artist’s extensive studies of Greek and Roman statuary, the portraits are structured according to classical ideal proportions. Subject-wise Condo reworks his much beloved protagonists of ancient mythology and his own inner world. We reencounter the “Alcoholic”, “The Old Waternymph”, a disillusioned “Virgin”, a brooding “Perseus” and other familiar figures. Seen as a whole, the enfilade of sculptures offer a unique experience of the artist’s elaborations on the antagonisms between idealized principles and the disenchantment and alienation of human experience.
Artist
George Condo
Location
Galerie Andrea Caratsch
Via Serlas 12
7500 St. Moritz
Switzerland
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Website
https://www.galeriecaratsch.com