Sep 9, 2022
George Condo, ‘Dreams and Nightmares of the Queen,’ 2006,
(Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022)
Oil on Canvas, 50,8 x 40,6 cm.
Commissioned by the Wrong Gallery for displaying at Tate Modern, George Condo's portrait of the Queen is perhaps the most controversial and criticized one. In the painting, Her Majesty is portrayed as what the artist described 'a toothless Cabbage Patch Doll' in his signature surrealist-distorted style.
It might not be apparent at a first glance, but Condo’s inspiration for this particularly bulbous portrait of Her Majesty was inspired by the Spanish painter, Velázquez.
