de Noorse schilder Odd Nerdrum (1944 – )

zelfportretten
Odd Nerdrum werkt al dertig jaar in een zelfgekozen isolement, hetgeen heeft geresulteerd in
een oeuvre dat in alle opzichten
merkwaardig kan worden genoemd
een oeuvre dat in alle opzichten
merkwaardig kan worden genoemd

Bron: kunsthal.nl

Nerdrum began study at the Art Academy of Oslo, but became dissatisfied with the direction of modern art, and began to teach himself how to paint in a Neo Baroque style, with the guidance of Rembrandt‘s technique and work as a primary influence. In doing so he placed himself in direct opposition to most aspects of the school, including his primary painting instructor, his fellow students, and a curriculum designed to have Norway seen as a country with an up-to-date artistic culture. He, in his own words was chased from the academy after a two year period like a “scroungy mutt”. Years later Nerdrum said, I saw that I was in the process of making a choice that would end in defeat. By choosing those qualities that were so alien to my own time, I had to give up at the same time the art on which the art of our time rests. I had to paint in defiance of my own era without the protection of the era’s superstructure. Briefly put I would paint myself into isolation.
Nerdrum later studied with Joseph Beuys, at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Bron: en.wikipedia.org
Nerdrum later studied with Joseph Beuys, at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Bron: en.wikipedia.org
