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Roar Kjernstad is a Norwegian painter (born 1975).
In his view painters and artists in general should
be craftsmen. He is a part of the traditional
figurative school of painting wich is related to
the kitsch movement of Odd Nerdrum and the
retrogard movement. But unlike Nerdrum and
according to the retrogardists, Kjernstad still
believe that traditional and figurative artists
should claim the term "art" rather than to use the
name "kitsch" for their work. The use of the term
"kitsch" shows no respect to the skills
traditional and figurative artist need to have and
to the eternal values of beauty they are believing
in.






Links:

http://www.kjernstad.com

http://users.skynet.be/hdeboeck

http://www.friekunster.no/Roar.html

http://www.retrogarde.org/