Immanuel Kant Changed our Heads

At the age of 52, I’ve just had a taste of a real education. Inspired and greatly informed as never before. A genuine interest and food for the soul. Thank you sincerely

In these times where so many banal topics are discussed, it is wonderful to listen to this type of opinions, on art and philosophy. Very interesting video, i think it’s very important to bring this kind of topics to everyone, thank you so much.

I really appreciate what Odd is doing together with Roger scruton and others. It is time people start to fight against modern bullshit ! Its time to wake up ! Its time people start painting for real and create beautiful buildings to the eye ! Right now everything is depression !

With the advent of AI Art, this video is more important than ever. Thank you, you're not only one of the few great contemporary master painters, but also a profound philosopher.

This video is more important to me than I could readily explain at the moment

Very thought provoking. I did laugh when he said we (artists/painters) were just a potato in a critic's kitchen.

"The Renaissance masters shamelessly copying Greek masterpieces in the attempt to improve upon them:" the pursuit of excellence!

I have been closely following Odds work for quite a while now.Before I knew anything of him I used to feel their was an Art Mafia that controlled the Art world and so glad Odd uses the term Art Police and elaborates the evolution of how Art aesthetics have changed since Kant. Has helped me a lot to understand the big picture. I hope he continues this type of dialog as I always look out for anything he has to say about Art. I love seeing good Art but it seems quite rare in Australia which is flooded with Contemporary works which I have very little interest and get bored as soon as I see it displayed anywhere. Thank you for this Post on Youtube

Superb. Thank you, Mr. Nerdrum. Your words aide me in my quest—even though I am neither a Kitsch painter, nor an artist. Cheers.

I very much appreciate Nerdrum's view on art and craftsmanship in our modern times as well as his own efforts to turn the tide. A man who should be listened and given more credit to. As a painter myself I hope to learn from him personally in the future.

“The first thing that impresses the student of Scandinavian art is the infrequency with which one meets representations of the human figure. Man is here not the center of interest as is the case with the Greeks and Latins. It is nature and natural phenomena that hold the place of honor.” (Laurin, Hannover and Thiis 1968)

Absolutely excellent words. Beauty will find its way back into our cities and art eventually.

Veldig glad over å finne aktivitet igjen, på denne kanalen! For meg, Odd Nerdrum, du er den største kunstner her i landet, i vår tid!Jeg kan ikke berose meg av å være inntelektuell.....for meg er kunst kommunikasjon, og når noe berører meg, er jeg takknemlig for det!En gang på slutten av 60-tallet, fant jeg et foto av deg i et ukemagasin. Poserende, foran et maleri. Der du hadde kopiert "gamle mestere"! Totalbrudd, med det som da var "på Mote".Jeg klippet det ut, hang det over senga mi. Det ble en slags veiviser:Det du maler, gjør du med største dyktighet! Hvert eneste penselstrøk bevitner om at her handler det IKKE om billig uttrykk!Bare det å kunne nyte maleriene dine, på det planet, gjør meg takknemlig!I tilegg, alt det andre som formidles.......! Takk!

For some reason the art police accepted everything I have painted, no matter how amoral or unethical it was, and this forced me to research Kant the more and agree with what you are saying - that is to say, to find better inspirations to create art that would be of more value, which would be inspired by Kant, inspired by Hume and so on. Thanks for your lecture!! Best wishes from Reykjavik, Iceland!!

This is a rather scary video. There are a few narratives as to how contemporary art got to be so bad and now dominate the "artworld" and why it's overly emphasized in universities. Certainly I think Hegel and Kant had influence, but I think the primary reason modernist thinking is so dominant and won't go away is because the primary function of contemporary art ideology is to allow people with no talent to pretend they are artists. And when you remove the ability to critically analyze the quality and the difference between good and bad in a work of art, not only does it make the work egalitarian, it hands over the authority that the best artists had to people who benefit from a lack of objective discerning ability. What I mean is, the curator and gallery director, with no artistic understanding or ability suddenly have the power to pick and choose whatever he/she likes based on fashion, ideology - whatever, rather than the quality of the work or message within. And as a result of the lack of subject matter contemporary art is the safest art in the world - a great benefit to those in power whose values might otherwise be questioned by artists. Read Frances Stonor Saunders: The Cultural Cold War to get an idea of how modernism is used to obtain great power. Art is very political, even if an individual work says nothing, the movement is incredibly beneficial to the powerful, not for us, the general public. The universities should not be supporting modernist ideology. It shouldn't be taught. There are many other ways of thinking and of working to create great art.

Thank you and fantastic lecture. I'm glad you pushed back to the classic form of art.

Fantastic commentary! It's so nice to hear a well presented opinion set within a historical context. Thank you.

i could not have said it better myself. i agree with every word he said. modernism is an epidemic that has fallen up on us, killing the very core of what makes us human, our love and compassion for the world and the potential we have to thrive for a deeper understanding of this universal life that we share with all things. modernism is an idea and only an idea. but on the other hand nature is the best teacher there is and it's patiently wating for every man who seeks that higher love and that shared truth, patiently wating in anticipation like a loving parent for those seeking eyes approaching her in humility, so that it can generously reveal itself and embrace our hearts. there is so much to be gained if only we make the right choices for all the right reasons. but be careful and keep yourself in check. because you could be crushed just as easily as you could be made and remember that we are here to give.

For en fantastisk helt vi har i Odd Nerdrum! Talentet og utførelsen er enestående. Et privilegium å få ta del i tiden han virker.

It was Apelles, says Pliny (XXXV.88, 81), who established the reputation of Protogenes when he made it known that he, himself, was buying his work with the intention of selling it as his own. Only then was the artist appreciated by his countrymen. Once, he visited Protogenes, only to find that he was not at home. On a large panel in the man's studio, he painted a single fine colored line. When the artist returned and saw what had been done, he knew his visitor to have been Apelles. He then drew an even finer line in another color exactly over the first one. When Apelles came again, he drew a third line, this time so exquisitely fine that no other could be drawn. Conceding defeat, Protogenes determined that the panel should remain as it was, to be admired for its artistic virtuosity. Pliny saw it displayed in the palace of Augustus on the Palatine, a seemingly empty panel except for the almost invisible lines, where it was more esteemed than any of the masterpieces there. It was destroyed by fire in AD 4.