Themes and style in nerdrums work reference anecdote and narrative, while. The themes and style in nerdrums work, based onanecdote and narrative, and the major influence of the painters rembrandt and caravaggio place him in direct conflict with the abstractionand conceptual art considered acceptable in much of his native norway. Its 500 pages are filled with sketches, drawings and studies, along with excellent reproductions of the artists. For further information on this lot please visit the bonhams website. Themes the subject of a man and a woman in lethal struggle recurs in several of nerdrums paintings from the 1990s, such as buried alive from 1996. Nerdrum creates six to eight paintings per year that have. Thus sounds the masterly painters philosophy and these are his main points. Buy original art worry free with our 7 day money back guarantee. Paintings by odd nerdrum meet your next favorite book. Amo portrait of the artists daughter by odd nerdrum. Its 500 pages are filled with sketches, drawings and. Themes and style in nerdrums work reference anecdote and narrative, while primary influences by the painters rembrandt and caravaggio place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of his native norway, and in opposition to the art of the time. For further information, read odd nerdrum, a hard cover book with essay by donald kuspit published by aschenhoug.
This structure and the wide range of work present provoke new insights into the central themes in nerdrums work, and his treatment of them from first sketches to final canvases. Themes is the most comprehensive collection of odd nerdrums works ever published. Fine art book store art artist portrait painting books. Odd nerdrum art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Odd nerdrum making painting great again is a richly illustrated book with texts by the philosopher carl wegner korsnes and the artist odd nerdrum himself. Condition is very good with wear to the dust jacket. Primary influences by the painters rembrandt and caravaggio help place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of norway. His painting is a rejection of modern art, with bizarre narratives and apocalyptic visionslikened to the work of his norwegian forbear edvard munchcapturing the horrors of the 20th century in a. His chiaroscuro portraits and figurative judeochristian scenes have a theatrical quality akin to, but without the irony of, john currins paintings. The 256 page volume is published by orfeus publishing and contains work by over 80 painters who have studied with odd nerdrum over his 50 plus year career. Odd nerdrum is a contemporary norwegian painter known for his dogged commitment to the traditional techniques of painters like caravaggio, titian, and rembrandt. Themes and style in nerdrums work reference anecdote and narrative.
Primary influences by the painters rembrandt and caravaggio help place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of his native norway. Odd nerdrum born 8 april 1944 is a swedishborn, norwegian figurative painter whose work is held by museums worldwide. Odd nerdrum is a swedishborn, norwegian figurative painter whose work is held by museums worldwide. Influential norwegian painter odd nerdrum began to paint figurative, neoclassical works inspired by the renaissance in the late 1970s a period when abstract, conceptual art was en vogue. The book is still in print and can be bought at a remarkably good price. Nerdrums career thus presents a challenge to the modernist establishment that still dominates the international art scene. Its 500 pages are filled with sketches, drawings and studies, along with excellent reproductions. A wide selection of closeup details offers the tightest possible view of nerdrums brushstrokes, which.
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Odd nerdrum exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. Namely, nerdrum announced and founded his own movement in art and philosophy. The most recent book length survey of nerdrums work is richard vines 2001 volume, odd nerdrum. Magic realism, caravaggio, art database, people art, childrens book. Odd nerdrum born april 8, 1944 in helsingborg, sweden, is a norwegian figurative painter. Themes is the most comprehensive collection of odd nerdrums works ever pub.
Odd nerdrum born 8 april 1944 is a controversial norwegian figurative painter whose work is held by museums worldwide. Themes and style in nerdrums work reference anecdote and narrative, while primary influences by the painters rembrandt and caravaggio. Nerdrum, odd odd nerdrum artist page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs. He refuses to paint like a modernist, but thematically he seems to be responding to a crisis in the modern world. Odd nerdrum 6 paintings by odd nerdrum part foto portrait, portrait art, painting. Foreword by donald kuspit odd nerdrums imagery themes and motifs paintings appendix. The secret behind nerdrums postapocalyptic paintings. Deciding to track down odd nerdrum s sources of inspiration, his former pupil janove tuv and his son ode go on a world tour, visiting the museums and people that crossed paths with the painter in his pursuit of the immortal masterpiece. The first comprehensive volume of work from the nerdrum school, the master and his students has been published and debuted last week at the release party in oslo. Odd nerdrum born april 8, 1944, sweden, is a norwegian figurative painter. Fine art book store provide you good art artist portrait painting books. Odd nerdrum, crime and refuge in our summer travels. Its lavish 500 pages are filled with sketches, drawings and studies, along with excellent reproductions of the painter.
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This is a beautiful volume of high quality images of nerdrums work. Sketches, drawings and paintings brings together the recent work completed since the publication of storyteller and selfrevealer in 1998, as well as earlier work, including, for the first time, an extensive selection of drawings and sketches. This book inhabits a middle ground between the approaches of the two previous major books on nerdrum, janerik ebbestad hansens odd nerdrum. The condition of man, alone in the universe, has long been nerdrums essential subject, and the eight new paintings detailed here continue themes repeatedly explored by this consummate representational painter, including such basic feelings and needs as love, fear. Copying odd nerdrums painting man with golden coin by. Including a selection of works from the last decade, the exhibition reveals that nerdrum has sharpened his vision of mans rebirth in the desolated landscaped. Storyteller and selfrevealer 1998, the former being distant and abstract and the latter being intimate and emotional. He calls it kitsch and its everything the word originally meant, plus a bit more. Themes is the most complete collection of nerdrums paintings in circulation. See more ideas about painting, rembrandt and caravaggio. Derek has a bfa degree from rutgers university, has over 20 years of experience painting and drawing like the old masters, and over 12 years of experience talking to former odd nerdrum students and copying nerdrums paintings. Themes is the most complete collection of nerdrum s paintings in circulation. Openly embracing kitsch, his early work was waged as a criticism against the contemporary art status quo as well as an homage to the old masters.