Odd Nerdrum sentenced to prison – sign the petition for his freedom
Sign the petition for his freedom!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freeoddnerdrum/
Odd Nerdrum is an International treasure, some even say a savior of the art world. He is a man of integrity and a stand against what many see as the essential emptiness of modern art and life. Too put a man of his age – especially a benevolent genius such as Odd – away in a prison cell for some dubious tax claims is unjust and unfair and a crime in itself. Odd Nerdrum is more than an artist, he is a symbol of pure individualism and that, in itself, is the highest hope for art and man.
My mentor, Odd Nerdrum has been sentenced to two years in prison. He is a man who has dedicated his life’s work to defending human dignity, a man who has given his profound knowledge freely to thousands of students over the years without charging a single penny, a man who generously opened his home and family to my wife and I when we lost our jobs in New York City in the midst of the financial crisis and were quite literally homeless…
This man has been sentenced to two years in jail for tax evasion for $1.5 million USD in taxable income. At his age (67), a jail sentence could actually kill him.
- Richard Scott at artbabel
Odd Nerdrums site
www.nerdrum.com
SHAME ON THOSE WHO PARTOOK OF THIS TRAVESTY, BACK TO THE DARK AGES OVER GREED
If Odd Nerdrum loses his appeal against the tax fraud conviction, unfortunately he will not be allowed to paint in jail.
Update here
OMG – This is terrible – he needs help – what about his gallery – Forum ? he can not be tortured and humiliated – Surely something can be done ! how did it get this far ?
This is monstrous! This is how Norway treats its greatest living artist?
Absolutely ridiculous. How long must we suffer from these ridiculous bureacrats? Setting up a fund under the circumstances is oth honest and honerable, really the right thing to do. What part of his explanation do they not understand?
Hello- for you nice people,who admirer Odd Nerdrum like me, first I thank you all,and next I have an idea, since many of as are Artists, why don’t we donate some paintings, and make a big show for him and raise the money that they say he owed,and throw it to their face,and end all this .you see if we are late they may put him to the jail ,think a jail, he can’t even paint ?That will definitely kill him .I don’t understand a country from Scandinavia acts such barbarism in 2011? And if you nice friends wants to demonstrate her in US I also willing to go to the Norwegian embassy with you .thank you very much.
He could paint, I think he just wouldnt be able to sell any of the work he paints. If he cant even do that though, extremly unfair. I would imagine if he was a ‘post mordernist’ artist rather than a Kitsch Painter, he probably wouldnt even be in jail
Just want to add my voice to the multitudes who support Odd Nerdrum, though for the life of me I can’t find words to adequately express my disgust at this outcome.
du not deny nerdrum ability to paint .jail is ok