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Odd Nerdrum: Themes
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Odd Nerdrum: Themes |
Author: Odd Nerdrum
Published: 2007-04-15 |
List price: $85.00
Our price: $53.55
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Wonderful
I am a russian, so I am not enogh good in english.
br /But this book contain a little of words and a lot of beautiful images
br /This is one of the bect books in my library. Ullustration are wery good and blow-ups show all art kinetics of Nerdrum.
br /By the way - book is very cheap. Similar books in Russia cost at last two times more!
 Dissappointing
Warning: If you already have the 2001 book by Richard Vine on Odd Nerdrum this book will mostly just be redundant. And if you don't have either i would recommend getting the 2001 book first, and only .
br / I was highly disappointed when i finally got the chance to look through this book. I was expecting a collection of new and never before seen paintings but instead found that it was mostly just full of paintings shown in the Richard Vine book, and the reproductions are far inferior and include far fewer closeups. The main disappointment was that it contained only a handful of new or recent paintings, though it did contain some old paintings that i hadn't seen before. It also contains fewer drawings than the previous book. It also misleadingly lists 'Sculptures' in the title when only containing 3 or 4 tiny sculptures of faces and cacoon-like babies.
br /One good thing about this book however is that it includes a lot of thumbnails and quick sketches of ideas for his paintings, giving an insight into his working process.
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br /This is not a bad book, just a little disappointing and not as good as it should have been. And again, if you have the 2001 book, you won't find much new here.
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Excellent
Odd Nerdrum is the most talented artist alive today -- though he feels he's been ostracized by the art community to the point he rejects his work to be called art. His work is kitsch he says (which I find rather silly but apparently it is an art movement). I've yet to come across a painter with such interesting work. As a warning it can be graphic. Nerdrum is not shy about painting the male body, disfigured bodies, and people defecating.
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br /Many of the paintings are masterpieces. What's disappointing is the lack of commentary. Nerdrum says his work hides nothing -- therefore what requires explanation? A lot. His paintings appear to be highly symbolic; for example, the man on the road -- disfigured with guts spilling out -- was actually Andy Warhol and his rejection of the modern art movement. There are other paintings of fathers finding sons, certainly a reference to his own personal life...
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br /overall I could not give this master anything less than 5 stars with a book so very reasonably priced!
bold, heavy and beautiful
Ok, so now there are two great huge books on Nerdrum. One by Richard Vine and now this one. If you are a Nerdrum freak you might as well buy both, but if you have to choose one, here's the facts. The 'Themes' book has more paintings than Vine's book as there are about 100 pages more in it. And though both books have good close ups, 'Themes' has more and better details for those artist who wish to torture themselves drooling over Nerdrum brushwork. However, Vine's book has the better quality reproductions. The color has more lustre, and the colors in 'Themes" seems just a bit too dark at times, plus a couple of the close ups are slightly out of focus. Both books are great in that they consist almost entirely of pictures only. But though the article by Richard Vine is insightful and informative, the article in 'Themes' sucks, being a kind of attempt at lashing back at the narrow critics who have been biting at Nerdrums heels since the day he invited them to do so. I don't see why Nerdrum, given that he is the greatest painter of today and possibly equal to any of the past, should give a damn about their existence.
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br /So pick your choice and celebrate the fact that modern art is dying, while true painting lives on.
Wonderful!
This book is definitely for those who not only love Odd Nerdrum's paintings but are interested in seeing the brushstrokes that create his magnificent creations.
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br /The whole book is photos with many detail shots. This is a must see book for the modern painter.
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