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galleriesNow ShowingIn the mood for a galleryshow? Look no further.Odd NerdrumForum GalleryLos Angeles, California &New York, New YorkForum Gallery Los Angeles brings us an elaborateexhibition of the works of Norwegianfigurative artist and painter Odd Nerdrumfrom November 25 th to January 6 th . The exhibit willthen move to Forum Gallery New York from January25 th to March 17 th .Born in Norway in 1944, Odd Nerdrum studiedtraditional classical painting at The Art Academy inOslo and later with Joseph Beuys in New York.Today,he is considered one of the world’s most famous figurativepainters; his works are collected internationallyby The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,The San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art., theHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden inWashington, D.C. and The National Gallery in Oslo,Norway, to mention a few.Nerdrum’s unique method of painting—whichhe has sworn by since he was a teenager—combinesan old-world discipline of mixing and grinding his ownpigments, stretching his canvas, and the exclusive useof models. John McCarthyOdd Nerdrum, Love Divided, 2005. Oil on canvas. Imagecourtesy Forum Gallery, New York, Los Angeles.Claire FalkensteinEdenhurst GalleryPalm Desert, CaliforniaEdenhurst Gallery takes a bold step into contemporaryart on November 2 nd , when itunveils an impressive exhibition of works bythe pioneering California sculptor Claire Falkenstein.Known for dealing museum-quality paintings byearly California and American Impressionists, thegallery selected Falkenstein (1908-1997) for her daring,conceptual use of materials, which are as importantto her work as the final forms—or “structures,” asshe preferred to call them.Falkenstein’s sculptures are wildly abstract andexpressive, often fusing Venetian glass and copper ina process fueled by uninhibited experimentation andinvention. Many pieces appear to defy their technicallimitations.After graduating from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley in 1930, Falkenstein worked inSan Francisco, Paris and, finally, Los Angeles, whereshe gained notoriety for her gallery exhibitions andmonumental public and private commissions. In Paris,she became part of the avant-garde scene with earlyModernist artists including Jean Arp, AlbertoGiacometti, and Antoni Tapies.Falkenstein’s radical and conceptual art grewdeeper within her distinctive structural systems—anaesthetic that continues to capture the imaginationof dealers and collectors.November 2, 2006 – December 24, 200673-655 El Paseo, Palm Desert, California760.346.7900 • www.edenhurstgallery.comClaire Falkenstein,Acceleration, ca. 1960s.Copper and Venetian glass.Image courtesy EdenhurstGallery.Forum Gallery, Los AngelesNovember 25, 2006 – January 6, 20078069 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California323.655.1550Forum Gallery, New YorkJanuary 25, 2007 – March 17, 2007745 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor, New York, New York212.355.4545 • www.forumgallery.com52 2006 Issue 4