11. august er datoen for åpningen av Odd Nerdrums soloutstilling ved Uljazdowski slottets senter for samtidskunst (UCCCA) i Warszawa. Utstillingen heter Maleren fra Norden og inneholder flere nye malerier.
UCCCA skriver i pressemeldingen at: «Odd Nerdrum har blitt en av de mesterligste norske malerne siden Edvard Munch. Et avgjørende øyeblikk i hans karriere var da han som student fikk se Rembrandts maleri Batavernes troskapsed til Claudius Civilis i Nasjonalmuséet i Stockholm».“
– i Nerdrums malerier befinner menneskeheten seg i en bunnløs, mytologisk verden hinsides det vi vanligvis forbinder med «historie», tid og rom, sier Jon Eirik Lundberg, som kurerer ustillingen. Han kaller Nerdrums bilder for "en helt ny verden med tegnsprog og symboler," som efterligner sagn og myter.
– Men dette er ikke en form for prehistoriske mennesker; disse menneske er oss, Nerdrums samtidige, men blottet for moderne gevanter. Tiden er fraværende. Motivene skildrer «det evige nuet». Ikke som post–apokalyptisk, ikke som i efterkant av en global katastrofe, men snarere som kjernen av livet vi lever i dag, fortsetter Lundberg.
Utstillingen varer fra 11. august til 10. desember 2023.
Do you want to know how the mind of the greatest classical painter of our time works?Do you wonder what “classical values” actually are?And why melancholy is actually that important to us? Odd Nerdrum and his former student Jan-Ove Tuv sit down for a conversation in the building which is the Nerdrum Museum in the making: The old Pipe House at Agnes Square outside of Stavern.With a philosophical approach to painting, the discussion will move beyond the strokes and attempt to explain the meaning of painting. Join a one hour conversation about: • The importance of Rembrandt’s melancholy• Why storytelling is so important to us• Why “modern” values are destructive for classical painters and the audience. The event will take place September 14th at 17:00 – 18:00. Tickets are now available.
At the annual Autumn Exhibition in Oslo, visitors will soon be able to see Odd Nerdrum’s recent painting entitled “Redemption”, showing a monumental scene of a father rejoicing with his son. The exhibition is Norway’s largest marking of contemporary paintings, sculptures and nonsense, and was held for the first time in 1882 as a radical protest against the established bourgeois dominance in the Christiania Art Society. The exhibition will be on view from the 9th of September through the 15th of October 2023.
An exhibition entitled “Håkon Bleken’s Chosen Ones” will open at Soli Brug in Norway 22. April and includes works by artists, as well as classical painters and sculptors hand-picked by the Norwegian modernist Håkon Bleken. Nerdrum’s painting entitled “Isola” will be on display 22. April through 29. May. Opening hours at the exhibition:Monday – Sunday from 1 pm to 6 pm. For more information about the event:https://www.soli-brug.no/
Odd Nerdrum is the Art Master of our Time.