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Three Men at Dawn, by Odd Nerdrum (1996)
Oil on Canvas - 61" x 73.2"
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"It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the artist, is the expression in concrete form of their notions of reality." - Mark Rothko, The Artist's Reality
2 comments:
I would like to know what you get from this piece.
Well, I don't really look at paintings with the goal of "getting" something from them.
However, I've read a bit on Nerdrum's work. He is intentionally interested in disturbing his viewers. His characters of often involved in futile actions, and have the look of dapravity. Their environments are bleak and oppressive. He talks about how the flesh is a dangerous place for the soul. He can be pretty dark - one of his quotes: "Life floats on the black ocean of death - alone."
Nerdrum can be one of those painters that people don't like at first... but then after spending time with a larger body of his work... begin to respect what he's doing.
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