NERDRUM, ODD: THEMES. Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculptures

Norway 2007. The most comprehensive collection of Odd Nerdrum’s works ever published. Its lavish 500 pages are filled with sketches, drawings and studies, along with excellent reproductions of the painter’s most important and most recent finished works. A wide selection of close-up details offers the tightest possible view of Nerdrum’s brush strokes, which will be of particular interest to students - those who wish to learn his take on the old masters just as they would learn from the world of the old masters themselves. The selection is divided into 21 chapters, and presented chronologically within each chapter to show the development of specific motifs over the course of his career. This structure and the wide range of work provoke new insights into the central themes in Nerdrum’s work, and his treatment of them from first sketches to final canvasses. Nerdrum’s latest works - dating from the last five years - are presented here for the first time. They complete an unprecedented overview of his oeuvre, a must for everyone interested in the how and why behind one of today’s most controversial painters., English, Year2007, Illust. B/W32, Illust. Color551, ISBN 9788275472265, Code 5978. Hardbound with Jacket, In Pristine Condition, Bibl. Bio. Index. Cat. of exh. Pages 554, Size 12 1/2”x11 1/2”