Kaja Norum on Beauty, Sentimentality and the Pleasure of Imitation

Kaja Forum is a Norwegian painter with an acute sensibility to value and tender moments. Living off of commissions, Norum will explain how she balances her own wishes and those of the commissioner. She will also discuss how she approaches her own work, laying out her method of solving compositions and how she double-checks herself by comparing her own work with the old masters. In addition, Norum will talk about her favorite contemporary colleague Molly Judd, and how she has been inspired by the works of August Rodin, Eugène Carrière and Odd Nerdrum. You can visit her website by going to: https://www.ateliernorum.com/ 👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 200 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Chapter markers: 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Waldorf education and the modernist hostility 06:39 First time seeing Odd Nerdrum in person 09:45 Originality vs pleasure of imitation 13:28 Norum's charcoal drawing “Outcasts” 14:24 Beauty: recognizing the human condition 21:07 Resonating with archetypal images (Rodin and Carrière) 27:24 The problem of painting from photo 31:01 Working with compositions 34:12 Working with commissions 36:41 Loose and rough paintings look alive 38:09 Practical advice on commissions 47:16 Norum's hijacked website 48:21 Commissions: spotting the carrot in it 51:35 Rodin, Nerdrum and making changes to the model 58:43 The Figurativas exhibition at MEAM in Barcelona 1:07:04 Correcting your own paintings 1:10:02 Norum on her friend and colleague Molly Judd This episode featured Kaja Norum & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. The centerpiece was a charcoal drawing by Norum entitled "Outcasts". SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn Check out our other channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/SchoolofApelles https://www.youtube.com/c/CultureWarsNow Podcast available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify: https://soundcloud.com/caveofapelles https://spoti.fi/2AVDkcT https://apple.co/2QAcXD6 Website: https://caveofapelles.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caveofapelles Instagram: instagram.com/caveofapelles/ For inquiries — [email protected]