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Sverre Bjertnaes: Works

Hardback

Main Details

Title Sverre Bjertnaes: Works
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Knut Ljogodt
Edited by Joakim Borda-Pedreira
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:286
Dimensions(mm): Height 300,Width 245
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Abstract Expressionism
Painting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
ISBN/Barcode 9783897905566
ClassificationsDewey:709.2
Audience
General
Illustrations 164 colour

Publishing Details

Publisher Arnoldsche
Imprint Arnoldsche
Publication Date 24 April 2019
Publication Country Germany

Description

Sverre Bjertnaes (*1976 in Tonsberg) began his career as a student of the Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum (*1944), who was successfully committed to the style of the Old Masters. It was here that Bjertnaes devoted himself primarily to classical portraiture, developing the high technical level that distinguishes his paintings today. Over the next twenty years, references to classical painting and traditional Christian iconography would form his series of works. After two years under Nerdrum, Bjertnaes was accepted at the Oslo Academy of Art, where he remained true to his figurative style but also incorporated into his work new influences from the fertile surroundings of the academy. Bjertnaes's first sensational work is the series Teenager, in which he made a cool and objective break with the Romantic tradition. One of his first solo shows was an exhibition of these works at the internationally renowned NAF (Norwegian Anarchist Foundation), the gallery belonging to the artist Bjarne Melgaard. From there Bjertnaes continued to develop his style, at first retaining the narrative elements of Realism. He then increasingly became more abstract, moving from in front of the canvas into the room and developing vividly colourful installations in which he united paintings with sculptures, text and ready-mades. Bjertnaes's painting is motivated by existential questions: it's about the frenzy of the artist ego, but also about the liberation from addiction, about the possibilities and conditions of one's own artistic existence. In this, he shines, with countless references to art history which are as much influenced by Norwegian modernism as by international trends - for instance, Neo Rauch and his Leipzig School. He expands the dialogue intrinsic to the work to become a prolific exchange through various collaborations with other artists.

Author Biography

Sverre Koren Bjertnaes (b. 1976 in Trondheim, NO) studied at the National Academy of Arts, Oslo (NO), and the ArtEZ hogeschool voor de kunsten, Enschede (NL). He has exhibited at several prestigious art institutions and galleries, and has also participated in biennales and group shows, both in Norway and abroad.