Marilyn Manson's new Interscope album, "The Golden Age of Grotesque," arrives this week. The set, produced by Manson and Tim Skold, is led by the single "mOBSCENE." Says Manson, "This album is about expression. The imagination and personality of the individual cannot be trapped by small minds or defined by any one person. The genius of art finds sanctuary among children and madmen to survive. That, is who we are." ...

Visit the Contemporary Arts Center for a look at ways that international contemporary artists have used comic book and cartoon imagery, including painting and sculpture, video, high and low-tech animation, zines, fashion design, comic strips, and comic books. Comic Release features art by more than fifty nationally known and emerging artists through June 15. Contact: Carrie Hamilton, 504-528-3805 or chamilton@cacno.org. Website: www.cacno.org [Pictured: Gottfried Helnwein, American Prayer, 2000, oil and acrylic on canvas, Collection of Paul and Cindy Levy. Courtesy of Modernism, San Francisco]

Claudia Teissig porträtiert den österreichischen Künstler anlässlich seiner Großausstellung, die im Herbst 2003 in Peking in der verbotenen Stadt stattfindet.

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http://www.helnwein.com ...

The Austrian born pop-artist Gottfried Helnwein is well known in Europe for his powerful work in many fields, especially painting and photography. He is also an avid interviewer and author of the book Wer ist Carl Barks? (Who is Carl Barks?). ...

I've been wondering for a while how well the humour of Engrish works the other way round. Who speaks Japanese? Are there any good Oriental sites listing how Anglophones will hilariously mistranslate Junichi Saga or Helnwein's lyrics? ...

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PLUS QUE DE LA MUSIQUE !
L’univers de Marilyn Manson dépasse largement le cadre musical. Comme à son habitude, l’artiste a offert à son album une illustration visuelle riche et conceptuelle, dont il a confié la réalisation à l’artiste autrichien de renommée internationale : Gottfried Helnwein.
Réputé pour sa capacité à illustrer des sujets tabous, le peintre et photographe a trouvé en Marilyn Manson, un modèle et partenaire de choix ; une partie de l’œuvre réalisée est d’ores et déjà censurée.
Néanmoins, vous ne devriez pas tarder à voir émmerger l’intégralité de leur collaboration au travers d’une exposition qui se tient déjà à Berlin et Londres et d’autres produits dérivés…
Alors, à considérer le succés global de THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE, il semblerait que Marilyn Manson ne soit pas loin de prouver que le génie artistique se trouve effectivement en marge de la pensée commune…
Par MND ...

WEEK FOUR
April 20. Discussion: Bodily Distortions in 2D Art (JB)
Readings due:
• Hal Foster, "Exquisite Corpses," Visualizing Theory: Selected Essays from VAR 1990-1994 (ed. Lucien Taylor). NY: Routledge, 1994.
• Robert Newman "(Re)Imaging the Grotesque: Francis Bacon’s Crucifixion Triptychs," The Image in Dispute:Art and Cinema in the Age of Photography (ed. Dudley Andrew). Austin: UT Press, 1997.
• http://www.hrgiger.com/art.htm
• http://www.helnwein.com/ ...