If I'm remembering correctly, advertisements of Nerdrum's work appear in every issue of
Art News, a venue in which it's rare these days to encounter stimulating art criticism. I'd
much rather read Thomas McEvilley on the elusive James Lee Byars in this month's Art in
America.
Barry Alpert
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:47:10 -0000, Patrick McManus
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>Thanks P-not quite my cup of tea perhaps
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Bradley Omanson
>Sent: 14 November 2008 14:10
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: odd nerdrum
>
>Odd Nerdrum
>http://www.oddnerdrum.com/
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:04:49 -0000
>
>Mark thanks for this what a beautiful drawing
>Cheers Patrick
>Ps is there a similar ref for Nedrum? I do not know him
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Mark Weiss
>Sent: 13 November 2008 17:53
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: strictures
>
>I wasn't aware that modernism welded anything shut, though certain
>modernists placed constraints on themselves, and some wrote manifestos.
>
>Nerdrum is certainly successful, but I think there's not much there
>there. Two painters who use the conventions and techniques of
>classical European realist painting more tellingly are the late
>Gregory Gillespie (check Google Images) and the young Mexican artist
>Hugo Crosthwaite (http://www.hugocrosthwaite.com/, and an amazing
>minidoc on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0guLRCtNTs).
>
>Mark
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