“Medusa Waiting” | 44" x 32" (112cm x 81cm)
New Work: “Medusa Waiting”
At Gormleys Fine Art in Dublin, Ireland. June 6 - 27. Part of the “Go Wild” group show, curated by Conor Walton in collaboration with Poets & Artists Magazine.
“Sphinx Waiting” | 29” x 32”
New Work: “Sphinx Waiting”
At Copro Gallery, Los Angeles. June 8th. Part of the “Seven Sins” group show, curated by Cris Velasco
“Danu” | 30” x 40”
New Work: “Danu” Part of the “LORE” series, exhibited at Copro Gallery, Los Angeles in November, 2018.
New Work: “Coyote Mother” @ the LA Art Show Copro Gallery Booth, Los Angeles. January 23-27
“The Island” @ Paul Booth Gallery in NY
Interview with the Odd Nerdrum:
Odd Nerdrum and School | MEAM Barcelona | 2015
Undeniable | Dax Gallery |Costa Mesa, CA | 2015
JUXTAPOZ 20th Year Anniversary Exhibition | Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery | 2015
ANIMA | Rymer Gallery | 2015
Pupils of Apelles | Copro Gallery | 2014
For 2000 years Apelles of Cos was known as the greatest of painters. Praised for his grace and sensuality - he was not only Alexander the Great’s exclusive portrait painter, but was the single greatest influence on what we know as the Renaissance and Baroque.
Albrecht Durer was known as the “German Apelles”. Botticelli bragged he was Apelles reincarnated and repeated his compositions. Rembrandt, late in life, adopted the four color “Apelles palette” striving for his graceful harmony. And Titian unabashedly recreated Apelles’ “Armor-bearer” which now hangs at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The Old Masters were proud to be “behind the times”, unoriginal, and earnest pupils of Apelles.
Hillestad, Knodell, and Molesky have each apprenticed with the living master Odd Nerdrum - a man who, for fifty years, has boldly painted pathos. Together these four painters have sought out the lessons of Apelles - the tradition of the Old Masters. A tradition not isolated to the 16th century, but one that for more than 2400 years continues to return.
Copro Gallery is proud to present Odd Nerdrum, Luke Hillestad, Caleb Knodell, and David Molesky - the living Pupils of Apelles.