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“Talking about success in society, no one can complain, because today everyone can choose what he or she wants. They don't just have to choose between being proletarian or middle-class. Those kinds of things do not exist anymore. Today working class boys can play football and become multimillionaires. On football! There are no longer classes, who say that we are poor, we are suppressed by you etc.”

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Odd Nerdrum, born April 8, 1944 in Oslo, Norway, is a controversial contemporary painter known for his baroque, figurative style that rejects modernist abstraction. Calling himself a founder of the "Kitsch" movement, Nerdrum emphasizes classical technique, narrative depth and emotional intensity. Over a six‑decade career his works—often set in mythic or apocalyptic scenes—explore mortality, power and the human condition. His paintings are held in major museums worldwide and have profoundly influenced a new generation of realist artists. more

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