The Sailor - George Condo - Modern Abstract Art Painting - Framed Prints
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About The Sailor George Condo Modern Abstract Art Painting
The Young Sailor by George Condo belongs to a series titled the ‘Toy Heads’ from 2012 – a series of eighteen robot-like portraits comprising characters such as Iron Man, Mike Kelley and, in the present instance, Picasso in his signature striped Breton shirt. All featuring Condo’s iconic reconstructed Cubist heads, the portraits together present a rigorous interrogation of the tradition of portraiture – specifically, Condo’s enduring preoccupations with the depths of subject-hood and its strained relationship with the painted surface. While Picasso’s experiments with Cubism fractured light and form to achieve greater contextual truth via a multitude of viewpoints, Condo’s engagement in Cubist techniques go beyond ‘visual truth’, revealing instead the artificiality of all visual representation, i.e. the impossibility of presenting an identity to the world. Amongst the portraits in the ‘Toy Heads’ portraiture series, only a few are titled as homages to specific characters, with the present work being such an example. Not only is The Young Sailor a direct tribute to Matisse’s The Young Sailor (1906) and Picasso’s The Sailor (1943), which is regarded as a self-portrait of sorts; Condo's cubist head also dons a black-and-white striped shirt, a nod to Picasso and Warhol, who were often photographed in the Breton shirt. Arguably the most special work in the ‘Toy Heads’ series, The Young Sailor is an exemplary Condo portrait in line with the very best of the artist’s universally acclaimed oeuvre.About the Framed Prints
The Sailor - George Condo - Modern Abstract Art Painting by George Condo. Bring your print to life with three different frame colors. Each framed print comes with equal sized mat that adds a depth perspective to the entire image and a protective glass covering. Our frame prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and shipped within 3 days in "ready to hang" condition with pre-attached mounting points.
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