George Condo Metal states looks at Condo’s art career from 1982 onward. It was published relating to the exhibition: George Condo: Mental states. Condo’s relationship to art history, pop culture and contemporary society are also elaborated in the monograph. George Condo is an American Contemporary visual artist and his works are known for their psychological cubism.

The tone of this book conveys is quite positive. “Condo proves through his production that he can do anything – has done almost anything.” (L.Hoptman, 2011) is a key quotation from this book because it acknowledges that Condo has explored so many different modes of art practice. Condo has studied so many of the famous predating artist’s practices and he is able to imitate and channel them to some extent for audiences to recognise without Condo copying individual motifs.

The purpose of this book is share the range of artworks created by George Condo, to describe his practice and the context of his subject matter to the contemporary audience. It also acknowledges the background of how he works, the effects of his works on the viewers and the meanings they imply.

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Self, W., Rugoff, R., Hoptman, L. and Means, D. (2011). George Condo: Mental States. London: Hayward Publishing.