Odd Nerdrum's Exhibition "You see we are Blind" at Fineart Oslo Gallery | Guided by Jan-Ove Tuv

For the first time since the Retrospective at the Astrup Fearnley Museum in 1998, an Odd Nerdrum solo exhibition is on display in Norway. Sixty paintings made in the past twenty years are hanging on the walls of the Fineart Oslo gallery, and we decided to go their before the opening to show you around!
For more information about the gallery:
www.fineart.no...
In this video you will learn about:
• Achieving the impression of movement
• "Shock effects" to push or pull figures in a certain direction
• "Bleeding lines" to craft a cohesive image
• Unifying figures into one organism to enhance the story
• Compositional importance of one dominant diagonal
• Rhythmic connection between all parts of a painting
• Building form through warm/cool contrasts
• Handling of paint, rather than strong contrasts
Featured paintings in this video:
Wanderer • 120,5 x 142 cm • Oil on canvas
Good News • 140,5 x 131,5 cm • Oil on canvas
Happy Boat • 348 x 209 cm • Oil on canvas
Crossing the Border • 256 x 204 cm • Oil on canvas
Night Jumper • 207 x 289 cm • Oil on canvas
The Golden Cape • 266,5 x 191 cm • Oil on canvas (Premium)
Memorosa • 331 x 206 cm • Oil on canvas
The title of the exhibition is “You see we are blind” and will run from 17th March - 13th April.
A selection of the paintings will move on to the second part of the exhibition in Stavanger at BGE Contemporary Art where the paintings will hang from 27th April - 25th May. This show will also include a handful of new paintings, such as “The Back”.
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Voiceover by Jan-Ove Tuv (parts of the text taken from Öde Nerdrum's article "The Face Digger" in Odd Nerdrum's new book "Nerdrum" (2022)
The video was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum.
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[@labotraduc8448]

I love Odd Nerdrum's work, and introduced it to some people around me in France. To my surprised, these people now think there's something deeply wrong with me... just for loving his work. I can't believe the visceral reactions it prompted in them, but mostly how people can actually outcast someone so easily from the appreciation of paintings.

[@dustinneece]

Great job guys! Jan-Ove, your commentary was insight and poetic. Thanks for making these videos for all of us that can’t come to see the works in person. These videos offer us a captivating window, and they are without a doubt, the next best thing. Many thanks! Hope you are doing really well.

[@Ann-Lisbeth_Negaard]

Amazing! The paintings opens my heart...and makes me emotional...

[@toddtyrrell]

What a wonderful post, I used to ride a bus overnight from Detroit to NYC every year to see Odd's most recent paintings at Forum. I would love to see his work again. Many thanks

[@djformalin]

Thank's Jan Ove...interesting and mesmerizing !

[@johnbloom1109]

Wow his work is literally out of this world. Speechless.

[@thehermeticlibrary2581]

It's near impossible trying to defend the work of Nerdrum and his school at American art colleges these days. As a figurative/narrative painter myself, I had an incredibly difficult time defending my own work to my professors, who were only interested in abstract/conceptual art. How can you look at these works and not see the importance of these images and the way in which they're painted? The Nerdrum School and its movement are passing on a great legacy.

[@lupegalvan9993]

There are a lot of people who don't paint at all and their opinion has been cast as expert knowledge. I believe Emerson said let me not make the mistake of feeling persecuted when I'm being contradicted. When people have to defend their work this comes to mind. It's a mystery to me why figurative painting poses such a threat.

[@ibberman]

Because the work is a threat to the masses at the art colleges, where no talent is required, and having instant gratification as an artist is the norm. Didn't Odd at some point say "If that is art, I'm not an artist", or something to that effect. He was right of course. Deep down they know the pile of trash in the corner, with a broom leaning against the wall next to it, is not art, so they resent the figurative painter.

[@steveogle3679]

No sense in trying to explain yourself to those not capable of hearing your explanation. Believe in who you are.

[@eduardoventura1704]

Son bellísimas las pinturas del maestro Nerdrum. Sus cuadros son como una poesía oscura, misteriosa.

[@BenJayCrossman]

Great video, I watched and listened to it while painting 🙏👍👌

[@SchoolofApelles]

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[@PatriciaNCH]

Great video , thanks🦋

[@SunAndMoon-zc9vd]

I like the commentator's comments! :)

[@honeysucklecat]

I suck at remembering names, but back in ‘87, I saw one of Odd’s paintings, and have never forgotten his name. I won’t say it’s odd for me to remember a name so well though. Not gonna do it.

[@olivierbolton8683]

Abstract and conceptual are so passe as most professors become... one has to spin outside the confines of the black cube.

[@raymundoandrade5904]

Exacto ....

[@iamme4822]

please, What is the name of the song 47 seg?

[@SchoolofApelles]

The music used in this video is "Aquarium" by Saint Saens 🎶😊

[@ankhpom9296]

The heads of the figures often look small-out of proportion in relation to the body.

[@SunAndMoon-zc9vd]

The art commentator in the video is talking about the head's size in comparison to the body at 8:47

[@kodokushiHill]

good paintings but sometimes these explainations feel like a stretch

[@charles6762]

As annoying as the critique of the paintings is it pales in comparison to the distraction with his hands and body obscuring the paintings he fails to describe with any enlightening observations. With that being said nowhere else do I find Nerdrum's works displayed so thank you for the video.

[@tortveter3385]

The narrator pronounces Nerdrum in english... nerdy stuff.

[@charles6762]

why does this guy go on and on about nothing. What a sycophant . I had to turn off the volume. The visual is great.

[@bFABIO]

Why do we need that someone must explain a painting? I like Odd Nerdrum but it`s enough simply watching. And i`m a painter to.

[@podling3500]

Who said it needs to be explained? Simply giving your take on something does not say that it is needed, just that it may be interesting for some. As a painter I like to hear people talk about paintings, you should too.

[@VVhistory]

You are explaining Odd's art as if its technique is unique, wich it is not, just being clear. Also the first explanation about the finger: No, He just changed his mind to were the finger should be thus he omitted the preliminary sketch. that's it, stop. Every great painter knows where the shadow must be, he is not unique nor a genius, it's basic knowledge.

[@hagepeesy]

Looks like underpaintings

[@haraldevensen9727]

No.

[@jxicap8669]

Not at all

[@steveogle3679]

Okey dokey.

[@robertoalmeida6949]

YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ART