Condo Painting

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Condo Painting
Directed by John McNaughton
Written byJohn McNaughton
George Condo
Produced by Dana Giacchetto
StarringGeorge Condo
CinematographyJohn McNaughton
Edited by Elena Maganini
Tom Keefe
Music byJim Sampas
Distributed by October Films
USA Films
Release date
  • March 10, 2000 (2000-03-10)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Condo Painting is a 2000 American documentary film about George Condo. It was directed by John McNaughton.

Contents

Participants

In addition to Condo, the following people appeared in the documentary:

Reception

The film has a 33% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on six reviews. [1]

Ty Burr of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Along the way, though, Condo Painting turns unexpectedly affecting as we watch a canvas reworked (and reworked and reworked) over a two-year period. Whatever you may think about Condo’s kitsch-cartoon subject matter, this vision of creativity as blind, instinctive 'process' is exhilarating." [2]

A. O. Scott of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "You may wish that Mr. Condo would expand further on the space-time continuum, the status of conscious reality, the geography of the antipodes and other vital matters. On the other hand, you may wish that he would just shut up and paint and that Mr. McNaughton's restless camera would just sit still and watch him." [3]

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "John McNaughton’s documentary Condo Painting sounds like a put-on, and in a way it is, even though that title refers not to an apartment house getting a face lift but to a witty study of artist George Condo at work." [4]

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References

  1. "Condo Painting". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  2. Burr, Ty (March 10, 2000). "Condo Painting". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  3. Scott, A.O. (March 10, 2000). "`Condo Painting': Letting an Artist Explain, Whether It Helps or Not". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  4. Thomas, Kevin (March 17, 2000). "'Condo Painting' Presents an Intriguing Look at Artist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 18, 2024.