Artist George Condo, the mad man of American painting (as profiled in our November issue), in his studio in Manhattan Photograph by Matthu Placek

但这位艺术家似乎更像一个有健康胃口的人。他喜欢赌场，一顿丰盛的午餐和一杯好红酒，但最重要的是他喜欢画画。“当我离开我的工作时，我会变得焦躁不安。”康多的一些丰产终于在伦敦举行了一次郊游。此次展览与10月18日在伦敦海沃德画廊举行的大型回顾展开幕式同时举行。承认不是在时机成熟之前。这并不是说，53岁的孔多被低估了(他的作品目前的平均售价为45万美元一件)，但作为一名具有惊人才华和技巧的当代画家，他从未达到过明星般的高度。因此，当其他人在涂鸦和打碎盘子中发现他们的USP时，孔多开始与老大师们合作，从伦勃朗到毕加索，对他们的方法进行法医检查和学习，然后创造出完全属于他自己的东西。共管公寓与威廉·伯劳斯合作出版了一本书，并曾与艾伦·金斯伯格(Allen Ginsberg)在一起。他最近与坎耶·韦斯特(Kanye West)合作，为他的专辑“我美丽的黑暗扭曲幻想”(My Beautiful Dark在听了3000遍同一首歌之后，孔多创作出了“八、九”画。韦斯特选择了一个黑人男人，他被一只长着翅膀，长着斑驳尾巴的巨大的白色女性拖着。“人们看着我的画，认为我疯了，”康多沉思道。“但观众们最终还是赶上了你的作品。”看来，最终的结局终于到来了。10月12日至11月12日，伦敦斯普鲁斯·马格斯(Sprüth Magers)的公寓图纸。“精神状态”将于10月18日在唐熙华画廊展出。

Condo's sculptures are inspired by the methodology of the Old Masters Photograph by Matthu Placek

This month his drawings are on show at Sprüth Magers London, including 'Not yet titled' (pictured) from 2011 Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers Berlin London

At Sprüth Magers: 'Not yet titled' by George Condo, 2011 Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers

At Sprüth Magers: 'Not yet titled' (detail) by George Condo, 2011 Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers

At Sprüth Magers: 'Not yet titled' by George Condo, 2011 Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers

At Sprüth Magers: 'Not yet titled' by George Condo, 2011 Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers

At Sprüth Magers: 'Not yet titled' by George Condo, 2011 Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers

Alongside the Sprüth Magers exhibition, Condo has a retrospective of his work showing at London's Hayward Gallery, titled 'Mental States'. Among the works in the exhibition is 'Jesus' (pictured) from 2002 From the collection of Nancy and Robert Magoon. Image courtesy of Luhring Augustine

At the Hayward Gallery: 'Portrait of a Woman' by George Condo, 2002 From a private collection, London. Image courtesy of Luhring Augustine

At the Hayward Gallery: 'Uncle Joe' by George Condo, 2005 From a private collection, courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery. Image courtesy Luhring Augustine

At the Hayward Gallery: 'Pop Queen', 2006 Image courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery, London

At the Hayward Gallery: 'Couple on Blue Striped Chair', 2005 From a private collection, courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery. Image courtesy of Luhring Augustine

At the Hayward Gallery: 'Batman and Bunny', 2005 Image courtesy of Luhring Augustine

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