To those who maintain that art has become toothless for not asking the big questions, Helnwein stands out for having credibly staked out the moral high ground. ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents Heads, a group exhibition curated by Peter Selz. This exhibition brings together a diversity of works that manifest the show’s title – and organizing theme –in unique and compelling ways. Artists exhibiting include Stephen DeStaebler, Edwige Fouvry, Sherie’ Franssen, Lucian Freud, Ann Gale, Patrick Graham, Gottfried Helnwein, Alex Kanevsky, Jim Morphesis, Nathan Oliveira and Irving Petlin. ...

zeigt die neue Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle Krems mit 140 Gemälden, grafischen Arbeiten, Skulpturen und Videos von 92 Kunstschaffenden.
52 internationale und private Leihgeber haben Exponate beigesteuert, darunter das Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso in Münster, Wiener Museen sowie die Sammlungen Würth, Essl, Goetz und Olbricht. Mehr als 30 Werke Alter Meister spanischer, flämischer, englischer und französischer Herkunft stammen von der Fundacion Yannick y Ben Jacober (Mallorca). Vertreten sind weiters u.a. Gustave Courbet, Thomas Lawrence, Ferdinand Waldmüller, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Bruno Gironcoli, Jake und Dinos Chapman, Gottfried Helnwein und Elke Krystufek.

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Kennen Sie den österreichischen Künstler Gottfried Helnwein? Mel Ramos: Ja, Gottfried Helnwein ist ein guter Freund von mir. Wir haben letztes Jahr auch in derselben Galerie in San Francisco ausgestellt. Ich gehe zu allen seinen Ausstellungseröffnungen. ...

Gottfried Helnwein
WHAT: The Crocker kicks off the season with a challenging exhibition of works by this Austrian-born, Los Angeles-based artist. His sometimes disturbing images address themes of inhumanity, violence and lost innocence. ...

Truth is like a lion in a cage. There’s no need to defend it — just open the door.
The artistic pursuit of truth is the driving passion of internationally renowned artist Gottfried Helnwein. His work is disturbing and controversial, because he places the lion outside of its cage, right in front of the viewer. “Gottfried Helnwein: Inferno of the Innocents” is a survey of a broad spectrum works by a man determined to make humanity confront itself. ...

Bereits seine ersten Bilder haben in den späten 1960er Jahren die Gemüter der Betrachter erhitzt, nicht selten wurde ihm das Prädikat "Schockmaler" angehängt. Heute gilt der Österreicher Gottfried Helnwein als einer der bedeutendsten Maler unserer Zeit. Marilyn Manson, der Helnwein seinen Mentor nennt, sagt: "Ein Künstler, der nicht provoziert, bleibt unsichtbar." Nun sind 70 seiner großformatigen Arbeiten im Museum im kalifornischen Sacramento zu sehen. ...

"The Murmur of the Innocents 18," oil on canvass by artist Gottfried Helnwein, of Austria, at the 15th annual American International Fine Art Fair held at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach Saturday. ...

Gottfried Helnwein looks more like a rock star than an internationally acclaimed artist. Dressed all in black, with a bandanna around his head and dark glasses hiding his eyes, he resembles, in a superficial way, Bono. Like Bono, he is concerned about the most troubling issues of our times: violence, inhumanity and oppression.
There is a cinematic quality to all of Helnwein's works, which seem to be projected on a wide screen. These "stilled cinematic moments," as Crocker curator Diana Daniels calls them, are powerfully affecting. "He deals with difficult subjects in a way that isn't propagandistic," Daniels said. "It's an open-ended way of dealing with historic subjects that are in danger of slipping away from us." Many of the images are very disturbing, and the museum has issued a warning that some images may be challenging for sensitive or younger viewers. But the show is a powerful one, posing questions we all need to contemplate. ...

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Lial A. Jones, Mort and Marcy Friedman Director of the Museum, states “This exhibition will upset some, but it will also challenge and inspire others. Artists respond to the world around them. Sometimes that response is beautiful, sometimes difficult. I believe that museums have a responsibility to exhibit works that are important and relevant. This show, like others in our past and future, does this.” ...

Manson präsentierte den Katalog zur Schau „Genealogies of Pain“, die Kunsthallen-Chef Gerald Matt – der Manson einen „Poeten des Grauens, des Schmerzes und der Gewalt“ nennt – kuratiert hatte. War das sein eigentlicher Beweggrund, erneut nach Wien zu kommen? Immerhin schwärmt er für die Stadt, aus der sein enger Freund, der österreichische Maler Gottfried Helnwein stammt ...

Damien Hirst, Jake a Dinos Chapmanovi, Gottfried Helnwein Robert Mapplethorpe, Pierre et Gilles, Matthew Barney, Cindy Sherman, Gilbert and George, Yasumasa Morimura, Catherine Opie...
Praha - V nakladatelství Arbor vitae vychází výpravná publikace Decadence Now! Za hranicí krajnosti, která navazuje na stejnojmennou výstavu, již uspořádala Galerie Rudolfinum od 30. září 2010 do 2. ledna 2011. Kniha obsahuje 338 stran a 185 ilustrací. K některým dílům dodali své komentáře vystavující umělci. Vydání knihy se plánovalo na začátek výstavy, nakonec vyšla v prosinci. ...

And I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was greatly influenced by painters. Often, the spark of an idea for a story comes from a painting I’ve seen. For me, certain painters are great storytellers, better than most writers. It is the power of suggestion in their work, the bits and pieces left up to your own brain that try to make sense of what is transpiring in the image. I just saw an amazing exhibit by Gottfried Helnwein that did that. ...

Das Plakat ist von Helnwein signiert, vor achtzehn Jahren habe ich es rahmen lassen. Eine Trophäe, und das kam so: Das Team des Jugendhauses Mitte, schon in frühen Zeiten engagierte Kulturveranstalter, hatte im Mai 1992 Helnweins Foto-Ausstellung "It's only Rock'n'Roll - Keith Richards Porträts" an Land gezogen. Die Sache war ein Ereignis. Helnwein kam zur Vernissage und brachte außer erstklassigen Bildern auch gute Geschichten aus der Intimzone seines Helden mit. Diese Dinge haben wir diskret behandelt, schließlich war die Aktion eine Ehre für die "Stuttgarter Szene": alle Abgerissenen happy. ...

Organized by the Crocker, the exhibition features 70 major paintings and photographs from throughout Helnwein’s career. Highlights include his iconic portraits of performer Marilyn Manson, works from his major recurring theme, “The Child,” and his most recent series, “Disasters of War.” “Inferno of the Innocents” is the first museum exhibition to examine Helnwein — who has been based in Los Angeles part-time for nearly 10 years — as a California artist. ...

We met with Helnwein a day after his solo exhibition opened at Friedman Benda in New York. The minute he sat down and started talking, it was as if we were catching up with an old friend. He held nothing back. We discussed our respective childhood experiences, Austrian guilt, isolation, his practice, the importance of art, and what it's like to live in a castle. Helnwein is a real person. ...

Viewers as well as critics describe his work as grotesque, audacious, shocking, and insulting. One who sees him in person is rather surprised at the fact that he is sane.
His works are largescale, photorealistic paintings of horror. The artist has worked in diverse genres including watercolor, oil, and installation. However, his work's primary theme has always referenced his childhood. He does not render the beauty of childhood but spits an audacious, persistent interpretation of war, crime, damage, and holocaust. In "Adoration of the Magi", painted in 1996, for example, five men in Gestapo-like uniforms encircle a baby interpreted as Jesus or Hitler. Helnwein projects his weird vision without hesitation. Despite this uncanny quality, his works gain a high reputation, and are collected by many prestigious art museums around the world, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Smithsonian Museum. ...

Helnwein schaut auf einen kurzen Besuch vorbei, von Stangen durchbohrte Kameraden aus Gips und Metall erwecken den Eindruck eines zögerlichen, qualvollen Endes. Gesichtslose Köpfe mit aufgerissenen Mündern, verfaulte Zähne, Amputationen und Narben, für die man vor Gericht hohe Summen herausholen könnte – nein, schön ist das alles nicht, nichts für Leute, die gerne Eiskristalle fotografieren. Aber es ist große Kunst, beeindruckend und verstörend und nicht zuletzt exzellent gemacht, vom Comic über Malerei und Collagen bis hin zur am Computer erstellten Installation. ...

Kitap ile ilgili fikirsel temelde tek eleştiriniz Cindy Sherman ve Sherrie Levine gibi çağdaş sanatçıları örnek almam üzerine. Buna hipergerçekçiliğin temsilcisi fotoğrafçı Gottfried Helnwein’ı da ben katarsam –okuduğunuzu söylediğinize göre- bana da geriye üçünü de eleştirdiğim bölümleri gözden kaçırdığınızı söylemek kalır. ...