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George Condo masterfully combines the classical portraiture with a mischievous humor that often draws on Pop cartoons through his unique self-described 'psychological cubism" style. Discover George Condo prints and paintings for sale at Guy Hepner, Condo dealers since 2008.
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Fashion Model, 202527-colour silkscreen with spot colours on 600gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper
Signed and dated31 7/8 x 29 7/8 in
81 x 75.8 cmEdition of 150Copyright The ArtistIn Fashion Model (2025), George Condo continues to push the boundaries of portraiture by fusing the worlds of high fashion, satire, and psychological abstraction. The work presents a singular figure,...In Fashion Model (2025), George Condo continues to push the boundaries of portraiture by fusing the worlds of high fashion, satire, and psychological abstraction. The work presents a singular figure, elongated and doll-like, with an exaggeratedly simplified yet intensely expressive form. Condo’s Fashion Model is at once a parody of beauty standards and a celebration of the surreal possibilities of the human figure, showcasing his mastery at blending grotesque humor with elegance.
The figure, with its impossibly tall and narrow proportions, recalls the elongated silhouettes of runway models, yet Condo subverts the glamour by imbuing the subject with an absurdist twist: a cartoonish head with bulging eyes and a wide grin, paired with a body segmented into bold geometric planes of color. The vibrant palette—brilliant blues, reds, greens, and oranges—evokes the palette of modernist abstraction, while the pastel background softens the scene, heightening the tension between sophistication and parody.
Condo’s ability to play with form and identity is central to this work. Fashion Model engages with the art historical lineage of Picasso, Léger, and even Surrealism, yet reinterprets those traditions through the lens of contemporary culture. The model’s ponytail, rendered with almost comic exaggeration, underscores the performative, constructed nature of fashion and image-making. At the same time, the fractured geometry of the body suggests the internal pressures of self-presentation—the dissonance between how one is perceived and how one feels.
The humor in Fashion Model is sharp but never cruel. Instead, it reflects Condo’s fascination with the absurdities of modern life, where ideals of beauty, identity, and consumption collide. By distorting the model into an almost totemic figure, he critiques the rigidity of fashion-world aesthetics while celebrating the sheer theatricality of style. The work exists in the space between satire and reverence, between the grotesque and the glamorous.
In many ways, Fashion Model epitomizes Condo’s project of “psychological cubism”: the layering of external image with internal complexity. Behind the brightly colored façade lies a subtle commentary on the ways we construct and fragment identity in a culture obsessed with appearance. The result is a portrait that is humorous, vibrant, and deeply unsettling, holding a mirror to the contradictions of contemporary beauty and fashion.
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"Picasso painted a violin from four different perspectives at one moment. I do the same with psychological states."
Across George Condo’s artworks there is a sense of an artist possessed by the now. Often frantic, very much eclectic, his provocative prints and paintings have established him as one of the most original artists of the 20th and 21st century. Blending classic European art with a contemporary and sometimes humorous twist, Condo has described his style “Psychological Cubism.” The magic of Condo’s artworks lies in his fragmented and contorted figures that take from Old Master’s portraiture, grab from contemporary influences such as Pop-art, Picasso and cartoons melting together into something immediately recognizable yet altogether different.
For over four decades, George Condo has flirted and danced with different styles, genres and motifs. However, much like a spinning top that moves under its own momentum, the artist recalibrates and recenters and his distinctive style unfolds. Condo’s masterful ability, seen through his original paintings, prints and sculptures, is a smorgasbord of visual arts. From classical nudes a la Picasso, to surreal deformed monsters, MGM’s Droopy Dog and Batman - Condo’s no stranger to playful twists on well-established and well known references as he plays and subverts pouring together the oddly disparate and distilling it through the lens of the new and bold.
Condo's work has been exhibited internationally, and he has become a prominent figure in the contemporary art world. His paintings can be found in major art collections and museums around the globe.
At Guy Hepner, we have assisted collectors across the globe to buy George Condo prints and paintings and sculptures for over 15 years, Whether new to collecting George Condo artworks, our ever changing selection of George Condo art for sale and experienced team can help you add to your collection.
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