George Condo

George Condo catalog for the June 18 September 3, 2011 exhibition held at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts,Los Angeles.16 pages, 13 artworks. n this exhibition, Condo merges, through a series of works entitled More Sketches of Spain for Miles Davis, his admiration of Spanish masters along with his profound admiration for the music of Miles Davis, whose own jazz masterpiece album recording was entitled Sketches of Spain. In these works from 1991 large-scale sheets and smaller works on paper executed in etching and aquatint Condo employs an eloquent Picasso-like line with masterful draftsmanship and bravura, giving sly references to Picasso, Dali, Velázquez, etc. Miles Davis has also long been a source of inspiration in Condo s works. One such example is Condo s major painting in the Eli Broad collection entitled Dancing to Miles exhibited at the 1987 Whitney Biennial. Also included here is an important early painting on canvas that was part of Condo s first solo exhibition, which was presented in Los Angeles from 1983, at the Ulrike Kantor Gallery and followed in quick succession by two shows in New York City that year, which catapulted Condo s career on the national scene.…