George Kondo has been tapped to open Hauser & Wirth’s new West Hollywood gallery, which opens in February, after his work fetched millions of dollars on the auction block.
The opening will come as many Los Angeles art galleries expand. The international art world has taken a newfound interest in the city, thanks in part to the emergence of the Frieze art fair there, and last year, around the time of the event’s third edition, a number of galleries, including competitors Hauser & Wirth Pace and David Zwirner, announced plans to take root there. (Hauser & Wirth has run a space in Los Angeles since 2016, and will continue to do so alongside the new West Hollywood.)
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Condo’s latest show will be titled “People Are Strange,” a nod to the 1967 song by The Doors, and will feature more of the artist’s signature paintings, which draw on Picasso’s heavily abstract images of people as if seen from several people. corners at a time.
Seeking to exploit the show’s Los Angeles connections, Hauser & Wirth’s ad called the Doors’ song “quintessentially Los Angeles” and promised “fragmentary, abstract imagery that reflects Los Angeles’ sublime dissonance.” (The apartment on his part is located in New York.)
said Mark Payot, President of Hauser & Wirth ARTnews In an email, “George Kondo is the foremost American artist of his generation and one with a particularly avid following among fellow artists, curators, and collectors in Los Angeles. He has a long history with Los Angeles, and a real understanding of what makes the city unique, and this is felt in The new works. We’re very excited that George painted this series of paintings specifically for the West Hollywood space. So we know it will be a great first show for visitors to experience there.”
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