Nachts war mein Kinderzimmer in ein tiefes rotes Licht getaucht - meine Spielsachen, die Möbel, mein Bett, meine Hände - alles hatte die gleiche Farbe und schien aus demselben weichen Material zu sein. Als wären die Naturgesetze aufgehoben, schien alle Materie von innen heraus zu glühen.
Die Ursache dieser roten Wundernächte war der riesige leuchtende Stern der Roten Armee auf dem Dach der Fabrik gegenüber, der nachts seine Glut in meine Kinderstube goß. ...

This book accompanies an exhibition tour of the
Staedtische Galerie Erlangen
Kommunale Galerie Berlin
Badischer Kunstverein e.V. Karlsruhe
Kunstverein Ingolstadt
Staedtische Museum Schleswig
which was first presented in October 1989.
All instant pictures originate from the International Polaroid Collection.
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Helnwein staged, without inhibition, the spectacle of his own mind, counterpoised between his emotions as an accelerating element of experience and his rationality in reflection upon the human condition. ...

Contempo records, Firenze, Italy ...

Regie: Hans Kresnik ...

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Biennale-catalogue
This edition, at the Promotrice delle Belle Arti, coincided with the 150 anniversary of the birth of photography. The curator, Daniela Palazzoli, underlined the importance of the artistic value of photograpy putting aside the historical and modern section a contemporary section that hosts authors like David Hockney, Gottfried Helnwein,Clegg & Guttmann, renowned names in the artistic world. ...

Gottfried HELNWEIN. "Sans Titre"
Huile sur béton Fragment Mur de Berlin 1990 - 100 x 120 cm.
Collection Art Liberté, Paris - France.
Gottfried Helnwein: Né en 1948 à Vienne, Autriche.

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Artist of inner Turmoil.
Gottfried Helnwein's works from the 1980's are represented by the self-portraits in his "Black Mirror" series. However, these works reach far beyond the boundaries of the ordinary self-portrait.
They reflect the inner wants and desperation which lies within the viewer's own self.
Helnwein points out the new form of the modern self-portrait which involves the creator and viewer alike. ...