Bengt Tornvall (11 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: New in shrinkwrap. Color-illustrated boards with white lettering. 160 pp. Color illustrations, portraits. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna, Stockholm, October 1 to December 31, 2011.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Dustjacket as Issued. First Edition. The first comprehensive collection dedicated to the self-portraits of the legendary Norwegian figurative painter. The volume explores Nerdrum's lifelong engagement with self-portraiture, a genre he pursued with a commitment rivaling his early inspiration, Rembrandt. For Nerdrum, these works are not mere artistic exercises but a means to confront a conflicted preoccupation with origins and personal identity.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. For a painter who took his earliest bearings from Rembrandt, and who has defiantly espoused the values of old master painting, the self-portrait is a natural enough genre to pursue. For Odd Nerdrum, the attractions of self-portraiture run much deeper, however. Nerdum has frequently alluded to the "conflicted preoccupation with origins and personal identity" that his paintings express, and traces this preoccupation to his discovery that his father was not the father he had known growing up, but a previous lover of his mother's. Also abandoned by his mother at an early age, he recollects of his early years: "I was a beggar in a world ruled by others. The person I found in the mirror was myself, I saw myself reflected in my own eyes, not those of others." Nerdrum's difficult childhood and the isolation he has endured as a painter have greatly intensified the relevance of the self-portrait, a genre at which he has excelled, and for which he has become particularly well known. This volume collects Nerdum's self-portraits for the first time, with more than 100 color reproductions.…