'Cabbage Patch' artist's first UK show
'Cabbage Patch' artist's first UK show
Show all 9George Condo opened his first major British retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery yesterday. The US artist, whose portraits blend cartoonish with classical influences, produced a controversial 2006 painting of the Queen denounced as "a toothless Cabbage Patch doll". "We have been waiting a long time for this show," said Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff.
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