Damien Hirst, Gottfried Helnwein, Jörg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Per Kirkeby, Gerhard Richter, Paul McCarthy, Georg Baselitz, Hermann Nitsch, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Gabriel Orozco, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Katrin Plavçak, Philip Taaffe, Elke Krystufek, Alfred Kubin, Siegfried Anzinger, David Bailey, Sam Francis. ...

Gottfried Helnwein konzipierte und organisierte die erste Musumsausstellung des künstlerischen Werkes von Carl Barks. Von 1994 bis 1997 wurde die Retrospektive in zehn europäischen Museen gezeigt und von über 400 000 Menschen gesehen. - 2007 stellt er die Ausstellung für das Karikaturmuseum Krems neu zusammen, die nun das erste mal in Österreich gezeigt wird.
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"Donald Duck in den Cartoons wie die Unglücklichen in der Realität erhalten ihre Prügel, damit der Zuschauer sich an die eigenen gewöhnen kann."
Theodor W. Adorno ...

Pop Art made Mickey and Donald into icons, and artists continue to be inspired by Disney’s legacy today. This section shows some thirty works based on Disney characters, created by a diverse group of modern and contemporary artists that includes Gary Baseman, Christian Boltanski, Gottfried Helnwein, Bertrand Lavier, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Peter Saul and Andy Warhol. ...

Im Grazer Stadtmuseum wird in Kooperation mit dem Literaturhaus Graz bereits jetzt an einer groß angelegten Ausstellung über den Dichter gearbeitet, die im Februar 2007 eröffnet werden soll. Die Schau wird die Handschrift von Theaterregisseur Karl Welunschek tragen, der im Vorjahr auch die inhaltliche Neuausrichtung des Stadtmuseums mitorganisierte. ...

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1. Januar 2007 Bis 17. Juni 2007, Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
Juli bis Oktober 2007, Schloss Wolfsberg, Österreich ...

Bühne, Kostüme, Maske: Gotttfried Helnwein ...

Renowned Austrian-born artist, Gottfried Helnwein has committed himself and his art to reminding the world of the Holocaust. His exhibit, Ninth November Night, consists of 17 children's portraits displayed in commemoration of Kristallnacht. Ninth November Night was originally displayed in 1988 in Cologne, Germany. Days into the exhibit, the paintings were vandalized by neo-Nazis.
This exhibit will have its American premiere in Philadelphia in Spring, 2007; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Philadelphia that the 68th anniversary of Kristallnacht be commemorated, and that Gottfried Helnwein be honored for his artistic contributions. ...

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Gottfried Helnwein's Epiphany (Adoration of the Magi) is a strange takeoff on a traditional New Testament theme in art. The work depicts a Madonnalike mother displaying her baby to attentive Nazi officers, Painted in hyperrealist grisaille with chiaroscuro effects, the work resembles an old documentary photograph made huge. The eerie, sinister overtones are unmistakable. Who is this mother? What do these officers want with her and her child? What kind of official paper might the officer on the left hold in his hand and what might be its result? Helnwein, characteristically, presents us with an ambiguous, haunting image and leaves us to wonder about its meaning...
With its huge size, hyperrealist style, and disturbing content, this unsettling work bestows a psychological anxiety accompanied by a strong magnetic pull. Confronting it, we tend to stare-entranced by both its beauty and its seductive, malevolent overtones... ...