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NERDRUM, ODD RECENT PAINTINGS .
Author: Kuspit, Donald
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: No year
No. of pages: 24
Illustrations: 20 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 23”x 16 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 0660
Price: $65.00
This is a spectacular catalogue which nearly brings the exhibition to your hands with its tremendous format and informative essay by Kuspit. If you have not seen Nerdrum’s recent works in a museum, this is the next best thing.
NERDRUM, ODD • LUNDGREN, PER.
Author: Hansen, Jan-Erik Ebbestad
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish/ English/ Norwegian
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 56
Illustrations: 31 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 12”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9529531273
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh.
Code: 3829
Price: $45.00
An exhibition of the work of two Norwegian painters focuses on the development of Nerdrum’s very controversial work from the beginning of the 1980s to the present day, while the works by Lundgren all date from the 1990s. With a career extending back to 1964, he has most recently discovered his greatest success and last year, the artist astounded both his critics and the general public by openly declaring himself to be a ‘kitsch painter.’ Since 1996, he is mostly known for his coastal landscapes influenced by Norwegian, Nordic and even Russian landscape painting. While these landscapes initially seem calm and peaceful, upon second glance, an ominous, stormy undertone seems to creep into the scene, thus lending these paintings extraordinary power.
Nerdrum, Odd: CRIME AND REFUGE.
Author: Herland, Hanne Nabintu; Gregory David Roberts
Country: Norway
Language: English
Year Published: 2013
No. of pages: 240
Illustrations: 297 Color Illustrations. 24 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 12”
Weight: 6.00
ISBN: 9788299797818
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Bio. Cat. of exh.
Code: 6818
Price: $350.00
A provocative and prolific painter, Odd Nerdrum employs old-world techniques and an ancient Greek palette to craft paintings that follow in the tradition of the masters Rembrandt, Caravaggio and Titian. Ever since his beginnings as a painter in the early sixties, Nerdrum has been a provocative voice among his peers, often representing sociopolitical struggle and the plight of the oppressed. His depictions of the human figure glow with warmth and dignity, and his timeless themes resonate with his viewers regardless of culture and social standing. Just as the figures in Nerdrum's paintings struggle through barren, often post-apocalyptic landscapes, his vital and poignant works stand out amongst the stark abstractions of the world of modern art. He remains a provocateur in his native Norway, a challenging voice in contemporary society, and one of the most exciting creators of our time. Throughout the last 30 years of his painting, a recurring archetype emerges. He is the Refugee--an alien to his own time and place, an outcast ostracized by the deciders of politics, fashion and culture and a nomad searching to transcend the temporal and find refuge in the eternal. This new collection of paintings, carefully selected from the best of his body of work, is devoted to the story of the Refugee, as it has unfolded over time, in 172 brilliantly reproduced paintings, accompanied by 83 details. The book features an exposed binding, so that it can be laid flat for close inspection. Gregory David Roberts, author of the acclaimed novel Shantaram, lends a thoughtful introduction to the book, paying tribute to the enduring themes of Nerdrum's works.
Nerdrum, Odd: DOLVEN & NERDRUM.
Author: Runólfsson, Halldor Björn; Claus Hagedorn-Olsen, ed
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish/ English
Year Published: 1990
No. of pages: 40
Illustrations: 10 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8788985202
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 0662
Price: $19.50
The nature of the Norwegian landscape bears considerable influence on its artists, such as Anne Katrine Dolven and Odd Nerdrum, though not readily apparent. The generous plates of artwork in this catalogue convey the dramatic and solitary elements of the landscape in Dolven’s symmetry and move from free flowing expressionism towards abstraction in her work, and in Nerdrums use of 17th century painting techiniques for his individualistic and prophetic themes.
NERDRUM, ODD: SELF PORTRAITS.
Author: Helleland, Allis
Country: Sweden
Language:
Year Published: 2011
No. of pages: 160
Illustrations: 105 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 12” x 9 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9789173535212
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Cat. of exh.
Code: 6920
Price: $99.50
For a painter who took his earliest bearings from Rembrandt, and who has defiantly espoused the values of old master painting, the self-portrait is a natural enough genre to pursue. For Odd Nerdrum, the attractions of self-portraiture run much deeper, however. Nerdum has frequently alluded to the “conflicted preoccupation with origins and personal identity” that his paintings express, and traces this preoccupation to his discovery that his father was not the father he had known growing up, but a previous lover of his mother’s. Also abandoned by his mother at an early age, he recollects of his early years: “I was a beggar in a world ruled by others. The person I found in the mirror was myself, I saw myself reflected in my own eyes, not those of others.” Nerdrum’s difficult childhood and the isolation he has endured as a painter have greatly intensified the relevance of the self-portrait, a genre at which he has excelled, and for which he has become particularly well known. This volume collects Nerdum’s self-portraits for the first time, with more than 100 color reproductions.