Kevin Smith wept when he finally received the painting of Gottfried Helnwein
"I don't spend money on coke or whores." deadpans Kevin Smith. "And I am not a big car guy with a fleet of Ferraris or anything like that. But I can get behind an indulgence like this."
The indulgence in question is towering a nine-foot-tall canvas of Smith's daughter, Harley, which hangs in the entry of his Hollywood home.
Smith commissioned the portrait two years ago from Austrian Artist Gottfried Helnwein, who is best known for his dark, noir-style paintings.
Smith admittedly wept when he finally received the work, which has since become his pride and joy - a family heirloom that is a testament to his love for his child as well as being a serious work of art. ...

just yesterday i found out that a helnwein exhibition is in a museum near me.. about 10 mins away from here.. so i decided, as a huge helnwein freak, to go there...
69 pictures also photographs with manson, my favorite painting collection featuring the "angels sleeping" series were spreaded over 8 rooms. i was dressed up in floorlong black leathercoat, my new rock boots, a shirt with one of marilyn mansons paintings on it, lotsa spikes and make up shit.
it gives me so much.. helnwein is one of the best artist this world has at the moment.. and his kids are also cool..unbelievable how creative this whole fucking family is, a creativ chaotic household...hehe... ...

one-man show ...

The artist Gottfried Helnwein stands in front of large-sized painting which depicts a group of SS officers and a woman holding a child at the Wilhelm-Busch Museum in Hanover, Germany, Friday, 11 March 2005. The child is at the centre of the exhibition 'Beautiful Children' by the controversial artist Helnwein. 50 paintings, drawings and large-size photographs are exhibited from 13 March to 5 June 2005. Its the first time in years that Helnwein is again exhibiting in Germany. ...

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A highly satisfying survey of his work at the Legion of Honor museum titled "The Child" was dominated by images of children, as was a current exhibition of his more recent work at Modernism. ...

I recently saw your works in San Francisco at the Palace of the Legion of Honor. I took a friend and two teen age girls to see Marylin Manson on his Lest We Forget tour and then to your awesome exhibit the next day. To see your work in person is a must. It is chilling. The girls totally loved it and I have sucessfully corrupted yet three more unsuspecting innocents. One of the girls had never been to a museum, and has had a very hard and disturbing life. She is a budding artist herself, and she was awestruck. She identified with the art, it was her. I had to drag her from the museum.
Your art is changing healing people. Thank you. ...

Teaser trailer for the Marilyn Manson-intended, written and directed, feature-length film titled 'Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll'. Lily Cole, the main actress in Tim Burton's recent 'Alice in Wonderland', was originally cast as Manson's Alice for 'Phantasmagoria'. This teaser also features real-life twin sisters engaging in questionable acts and burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese. The figure in the medical mask is artist Gottfried Helnwein and the bird-face masked character and white gloved Lewis Carroll impresario, is Marilyn Manson. ...