
Cartoon Abstraction
A dynamic interplay of bold, gestural mark-making defines this large-scale work, where Condo merges the language of cartoon imagery with the formal vocabulary of Abstract Expressionism. Acrylic paint and charcoal collide on raw linen, producing a tension between spontaneous, energetic strokes and the distorted, comic-inflected figures that emerge from the chaos. The result is a characteristically irreverent fusion of high and low culture, humor and painterly seriousness.
- Medium
- acrylic, charcoal on linen
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Evening Sale
May 15, 2014
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