![]() ![]() That night, Basquiat’s band played, and then Condo’s band played, after which they went out. “I asked him what he did,” Condo recalled, “He said he was an artist.” Opening for them was a band called Gray, and the first person Condo met in New York at the club was a band member of Gray who performed on a synthesizer-connected clarinet and was tinkering with the electronics on stage for their set-up. ![]() (Photo by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images) Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesĪfter becoming known on the Boston scene, The Girls landed a gig in New York at Tier 3 (TR 3), the New York No Wave club in Tribeca. Steven Greenberg's office, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Jean - Michel Basquiat at the surprise birthday party for Susanne Bartsch at the Rainbow Roof, at. Condo recalls one teacher in particular, Liana Cheney, who taught a course in chiaroscuro in Art, which Condo says, “really enlightened me into the beauty of darkness and light happening in a painting, and the idea of removing religiosity from painting, turning it into the more human aspect.” Instead, Condo majored in music theory (Condo’s other great passion was music, classical and jazz) and studied art history as well. Use your memory and everything you’ve ever seen in art history, in your life, and just put it all out there on the canvas and not revise it and see what happens.”Ĭondo spent two years at Lowell University (now UMass Lowell) where his father taught mathematics and physics. Tell your story, be truthful to what come straight out of your mind. “What I learned from Kerouac was how to make paintings, in the sense of non-revising my brushstrokes or my lines… ‘The expanding canvases’ were based on the idea of ‘Why don’t you just do what Jack Kerouac did’ - which is automatic writing and go up there and paint what you want to paint. Because his mother said there was bad language in Kerouac’s work, Condo read everything Kerouac had written, of which he found “On the Road” the least interesting. Sax.” And when Condo pointed to it she said, “That’s Jack Kerouac, that horrible writer that lives next door,” Condo said, laughing at the memory. Pre-order the book here: Letters for the Ages: The Private and Personal Letters of Sir Winston Churchill: Sir Winston S.“My mother was a huge reader,” Condo said, “A book a day.” And on their bookshelf was a copy of Jack Kerouac’s “Dr. Letters for the Ages: Winston Churchill will be published by Bloomsbury Continuum on 25th May 2023. Letters for the Ages: The Private and Personal Letters of Sir Winston Churchill is the first anthology in this exciting new series: a volume exploring the arc of Churchill’s life through his personal correspondence and interwoven with the expert commentary of historian and director of the Churchill Archives Centre, Allen Packwood. The resulting volumes burst with the charm and quirkiness of the individuals whose words are brought to life – their stories told, often for the first time, in their own voice. The expert editor uses their intimate knowledge of the subject to weave a fascinating narrative, connecting the letters both to their wider historical context and to each other. The final selection of letters – sourced through meticulously researching archive material and historical literature – is chosen by two editors: an Of Lost Time in-house editor and a leading expert in their historical field. Letters for the Ages is a series of eclectic anthologies, each comprised of around 100 outstanding letters written throughout history, and united by an overarching theme. Get a glimpse into the intimate thoughts of history’s artists, scientists, athletes, philosophers, and public figures through Of Lost Time’s Letters for the Ages series. ![]()
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