Odd Nerdrum's Censored Interview on Skavlan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMcMDwFSs_Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player ...
American Artist’s Weekend With the Masters Intensive
This looks like a wonderful event. A very impressive list of figurative artists are involved including: Nerdrum, Collins, Minoff, Shanks, Early, Wight, Monks, Roy, Thompson, and Assael. Not only can you register for the entire weekend of classes, but you can also choose to register separately for the evening...
Trends in Art
The Modern Art movement was dominated by abstraction; however, now there is an abundance of representational painters who are looking back, before Modernism, for inspiration. People all over the world are hungry for high-quality artwork with technical mastery and heartfelt content that reflects today's concerns. This is evident in Odd...
Understanding Kitsch
I am only beginning to understand what defines a Kitsch painter. When I first realized Odd Nerdrum defined himself as one, I was bewildered. When I think of kitsch, I think of the kitschy postcard I bought in the south of France in the 90's. My friends and I...
Painting from Photos
"To paint from a photo is to do steroids." Yesterday Odd Nerdrum posted this comment on his Facebook page and generated quite a lot of discussion. Working from photographs -- I don't think anyone prefers to use them. In my case I don't have the luxury to work from a model. ...
Odd Nerdrum Painting Technique
I had no idea that there was so much scraping involved in Odd Nerdrum's painting technique! From this video clip it doesn't look as if too much is achieved by the scraping. I suppose it provides a nice thick surface to work on, and it probably allows unexpected colors to...
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