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The Collectors' Edge
Nordic Art Partners
17 episodes
6 hours ago
The boundaries between fine art and craft have blurred dramatically over recent decades, and few artists embody this shift more powerfully than Sheila Hicks. At 90 years old, this Nebraska-born, Paris-based artist has spent over six decades transforming how we understand textile as an artistic medium. Stepping into Hicks' world means discovering an artist whose work combines modernist color theory (learned directly from Josef Albers at Yale in the 1950s) with techniques gleaned from indigeno...
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The boundaries between fine art and craft have blurred dramatically over recent decades, and few artists embody this shift more powerfully than Sheila Hicks. At 90 years old, this Nebraska-born, Paris-based artist has spent over six decades transforming how we understand textile as an artistic medium. Stepping into Hicks' world means discovering an artist whose work combines modernist color theory (learned directly from Josef Albers at Yale in the 1950s) with techniques gleaned from indigeno...
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The Collectors' Edge
Sheila Hicks: The Universal Language of Textiles
The boundaries between fine art and craft have blurred dramatically over recent decades, and few artists embody this shift more powerfully than Sheila Hicks. At 90 years old, this Nebraska-born, Paris-based artist has spent over six decades transforming how we understand textile as an artistic medium. Stepping into Hicks' world means discovering an artist whose work combines modernist color theory (learned directly from Josef Albers at Yale in the 1950s) with techniques gleaned from indigeno...
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1 month ago
38 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
David Shrigley: A Big Thumb's Up to Humour, Poignancy and Accessibility
Could it be possible to acquire unique works by one of the world's most recognisable and renowned artists for less than $10,000? David Shrigley might be the art world's best-kept open secret. Find out why with Nordic Art Partners. This episode takes you deep into the whimsical world and highly developed market of one of Britain's most beloved contemporary artists, whose childlike drawings paired with deadpan humor have earned him global acclaim while remaining refreshingly affordable. Host J...
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1 month ago
32 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Josef Albers: The Phenomenology of Colour
Join us to learn how Josef Albers' revolutionary approach to colour theory fundamentally changed how we understand visual perception in art. Through relentless experimentation and disciplined investigation, he transformed simple geometric forms into profound studies of how chromatic relationships interact, influence, and transform one another when colours are placed in proximity to other colours. Born in Prussia in 1888, Albers' remarkable journey took him from the revolutionary Bauhaus in G...
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4 months ago
56 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Lynda Benglis: Painting in Three Dimensions
In the late 1960s and early 70s, Lynda Benglis dissolved the boundaries between painting and sculpture through fearless experimentation, creating revolutionary works that sought to capture and freeze her gestures. The American artist, born in 1941 in Louisiana but Greek by heritage, developed her distinctive visual language after moving to New York in the 1960s, where she quickly integrated into, and made her own name in, one of the most dynamic and diverse creative decades of the C20th. She...
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6 months ago
43 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Joan Snyder: A Female Sensibility
Join us, Nordic Art Partners, as we discuss the compelling work and career of American painter Joan Snyder. Discover key biographical details of her formative years, the limited role of art in her upbringing and how her determined approach to evolving her own formal visual language shaped her artistic development. We discuss a wide array of her formative influences, ranging from Van Gogh, through German Expressionism to Jackson Pollock; antecedents that she recognises as helping her to develo...
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8 months ago
45 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Miriam Cahn: Reclaiming the Body
In this episode of The Collectors’ Edge join us, Nordic Art Partners, for a discussion about the work and career of Miriam Cahn, the audacious Swiss painter whose figurative works are amongst the rawest and most expressive of the entire contemporary art milieu. From her formative years in Basel to her education at the Schule for Gestaltung, Cahn has always been an agent of activism and protest, where her bold and unremitting stance led her to reject traditional painting for decades in protest...
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10 months ago
34 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Ron Gorchov: Shaping Abstraction
In this episode from Nordic Art Partners, discover the work and career of Ron Gorchov, an enigmatic figure who pioneered major innovations in painterly abstraction in the late 1960s. We recount his early biography, beginning in the 1950s; a classic rites of passage story of a bohemian artist in post-war New York, a city teeming with life and a magnet for artists who flocked in droves to the tenement apartments of downtown looking to make their mark on the most fertile time and place of the mi...
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10 months ago
43 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Imi Knoebel: Pared Back Purity
From the inception of his art career in 1968, Knoebel's work has been consistently driven by a quest to pare painting (and art generally) back to its absolute essentials. From an interest in readily available, humble materials to the manner in which colours can relate to other colours to create works of meditative intensity, his is an art that has always tried to distil and simplify, rather than become more complex. Our art expert, Nicholas Robinson, and your host Jeppe Curth guide us ...
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1 year ago
42 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Martha Jungwirth: Dense Colour and Open Space
In this episode of The Collectors’ Edge we discuss the work and career of Austrian painter Martha Jungwirth. Join us in this insightful episode to learn how her dynamic and textured paintings have earned her widespread acclaim, relatively late in life. Hosted, as always, by Nordic Art Partners' Jeppe Curth and Nicholas Robinson, we take you on a journey through Jungwirth’s evolution—from her early days in Vienna at the Academy of Applied Arts, the prestigious prize wins as a student that sign...
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1 year ago
39 minutes

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Repackaging The Sublime: The Pop Romanticism of Friedrich Kunath
In the lastest episode of The Collectors’ Edge from Nordic Art Partners we discuss the life, work and career of Friedrich Kunath, a celebrated German artist now based in Los Angeles. From his early experiences in pre-unification, Communist East Germany to the pinnacle of today’s art world, we discuss what makes Kunath’s work distinctive and unique and just why it has an incredible breadth of appeal to a wide range of tastes and geographic markets. A departure from the category of artist...
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1 year ago
37 minutes

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Katherine Bradford: Talent, Perseverance and Belated Recognition
Not all stars of the art world are overnight sensations. Join us on The Collector's Edge as we explore the extraordinary perseverance and journey of Katherine Bradford, an artist who embraced her true vocation somewhat later in life than many, but has gone on to achieve acclaim and recognition for her unique painterly vision. Learn about her formative years, her bold move to New York City in 1980, and the powerful themes of liberation and emancipation that define her work. From her early abst...
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1 year ago
35 minutes

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Picasso's Ceramics: A 'Low' Art Form, Elevated to Unforeseen Heights
The greatest artist of the Twentieth century and one of the most iconic figures of all time....what if you could own a piece of Pablo Picasso's unique artistry without breaking the bank? That's exactly what we uncover as we embark on an exploration of Picasso's fascinating journey into ceramics. From his iconic Blue and Rose periods to his groundbreaking work in Cubism, we trace the evolution of his art, arriving at 1946, when a visit to a ceramics festival in the south of France ignited his ...
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1 year ago
52 minutes

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Lois Dodd: A Vocation of Quiet Observation
Modesty, quietude and humility are rarely words associated with history's greatest painters. Join us as we take a look at the life and work of Lois Dodd who has dedicated more than 70 years to further honing of her practised eye. We unravel the remarkable journey and achievements of Dodd, a pioneering woman artist who originated from the downtown New York scene of the 1950s, when bohemian life there was vibrant and new and whose work continues to captivate audiences at the age of 96. From he...
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1 year ago
37 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Heinz Mack: An Unsung Icon of Modernism
Is Heinz Mack the most undervalued artist of the 20th century? Join Nordic Art Partners Jeppe Curth and art expert Nicholas Robinson on The Collector's Edge as we explore this provocative question and the genius of Mack, most known as the founder of the ZERO movement in the late 1950s and a pioneering figure in the experiential properties of light and colour in abstraction . We take you through Mack's remarkable journey from his early days at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, to co-foun...
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1 year ago
33 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
The Salvo Phenomenon: Captivating Serenity and Market Momentum
Can the quiet beauty of Italian medieval architecture and lush Piedmont landscapes captivate modern art enthusiasts? In this episode, we delve into the intriguing work of Salvo, an influential Italian artist most renowned for the sumptuous colours and serene poise of his landscape paintings. We discuss his career and current market position and try to unpick the reasons for his growing reputation, almost a decade after his passing. Born Salvatore Mangione in 1947 in Sicily, Salvo’s journey fr...
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1 year ago
36 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Rediscovering Chico da Silva: From Amazonian Mythology to Global Art Market
What if a forgotten genius of Brazilian art was right under our noses all along? Join us for an inspiring exploration of Francisco 'Chico' da Silva's life and work, as Nicholas Robinson, a contemporary art expert, guides us through Chico's remarkable journey. From his early artistic influences rooted in the myths and legends of Amazonian visual culture to his global acclaim at the 1966 Venice Biennale, we trace the intricate tapestry of his career and the factors behind his resurgence in toda...
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1 year ago
34 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
Introducing Nordic Art Partners: Learn About and Explore The Art of Collecting
Meet the Nordic Art Partners, Jeppe Curth and Nicholas Robinson, Copenhagen based modern and contemporary art dealers and your guides through these episodes. Learn about the mechanics of the art industry, their exploration of under appreciated giants of modernist art and their various methodologies that enable wisdom in collecting and art acquisition. Join us as our art expert, Nicholas Robinson, shares his infectious enthusiasm, invaluable knowledge and the insights of his 25 years o...
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1 year ago
24 minutes

The Collectors' Edge
The boundaries between fine art and craft have blurred dramatically over recent decades, and few artists embody this shift more powerfully than Sheila Hicks. At 90 years old, this Nebraska-born, Paris-based artist has spent over six decades transforming how we understand textile as an artistic medium. Stepping into Hicks' world means discovering an artist whose work combines modernist color theory (learned directly from Josef Albers at Yale in the 1950s) with techniques gleaned from indigeno...