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The Artist Project: George Condo

Mar 25, 2015 3 MINUTES
"Something that is so sort of horrible turns into this exquisite daydream."

Artist George Condo reflects on Claude Monet's "The Path through the Irises" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
George Condo, born in 1957, is an American painter working in the mediums of painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking.

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George Condo (American, born Concord, New Hampshire, 1957)

Rush Hour, 2010

Acrylic, graphite, charcoal, and pastel on canvas; 83 5/16 × 73 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (211.6 × 185.7 × 8.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, George A. Hearn Fund, 2011 (2011.306). © George Condo

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