Odd Nerdrum
 

I was over at Amazon and came across this artist, Odd Nerdrum. I've never heard of him. His paintings are kind of a cross between Rembrandt and Bruegel. His subject matter is kind of heavy (amputees, corpses, etc.) and "odd", but his technique is interesting. He has a book out.

I read somewhere that he might be one of the most important figurative painters alive. He painted some "odd" and some very beautiful paintings.

Hi Steve,

I pre-ordered this book several months ago, and hopefully it will show up in the mail soon! I really like his work a great deal.

Here's the cover of an older book. What a strong painting of a head. There's lots of form and dimension. Quite impressive.
Chris and Claudmir, I'm glad you and others are aware of him. Obviously, I haven't been paying attention.
I'm ordering one of his books as well.

Steve

"Themes"
 

How funny that I would come across this post today. I, too, came across his work on Amazon recently. I happened to be at the local Borders Book Store to look at books on artists today and I came across Odd Nerdrum's book "Themes". I came home and ordered it with one day delivery, I was so excited about it!

Does anybody have any other suggestions for books on contemporary figurative artists? I saw a couple on Lucian Freud . . . . Francis Bacon . . . . but those didn't grab me like the about Odd Nerdrum.

thanks,
Joan

I own an Odd Nerdrum book and I'm a big admirer as well.

Joan, I'm a bit of a book freak - I've got books by Vincent Desiderio, Steve Assael, Yuqi Wang and Claudio Bravo (to name a few off the top of my head) - if you go to the SOG bookstore you can search on Amazon and Ebay for them if you like their work. I'm also a big fan of an artist named Istfan Sandorfi, let me know if you get a hold of his book, it's one that I'm missing.

I recently bought the Nerdrum book myself. I first saw his other book several years ago, but as I recall it was much more expensive. The new book is of equal, or maybe better quality, and costs a lot less.

As for recommendations, I like my Zhaoming Wu book, but it was quite expensive. I've seen several of his originals in a New Orleans gallery, and fell in love. Expensive book, though.

I've also seen an original Nerdrum, years ago before I knew who he was. It's in the New Orleans museum, but they tend to move it, and I can't always find it. I was with friends last time I was there, and didn't want to make them stick around for me to search the museum.

Oh goody!
 

Thank you Linda and Jeff for those suggestions. I love books too and I look forward to taking a look at those books. Tomorrow though, it's getting late.

Joan

p.s. Jeff, I'm testing my signature.

Ahem, if you're ordering from Amazon.com, please use this link so the Forum gets a small percent:

Odd Nerdrum books at Amazon

I assume some of you have seen his "exposed" self-portrait. Ahem again.

Uh...yeah. I think its sort of like passing a car wreck. You don't really want to look.