Texts, reviews and essays referring to the art of Gottfried Helnwein in Museums, important art-collections and installations in public spaces.
Texte, Rezensionen und Essays die sich auf die Kunst von Gottfried Helnwein in Museen, Sammlungen und im Öffentlichen Raum beziehen. ...

缠着绷带的孩子，幼稚儿童脸上的撕裂之后再次缝合的伤口。
如同爬虫类一样冰冷而无机质毫不感觉痛楚的眼神。
画者那种权威而细致的表现伤害的冷静让当时的大众无法接受。
71年到73年， Helnwein的作品展览无一不受到抵制。
维也纳的一家画廊展出他的画作，结果不到三天就被迫关闭。
甚至维也纳附近一座城市的市长下令将 Helnwein的作品没收。
当时他的反对者喊出的理由是这些作品是“the Nazis”。
因为他对待伤口、死亡、折磨与伤害是带着那样一种天真的热情态度来描写，所以人们忍受不了吗？ ...

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"Helnwein's subject matter is the human condition. The metaphor for his art is dominated by the image of the child, but not the carefree innocent child of popular imagination. Helnwein instead creates the profoundly disturbing yet compellingly provocative image of the wounded child. The child scarred physically and the child scarred emotionally from within."
Robert Flynn Johnson, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ...

Oh my god I'm so excited, I found this artist with whose works I am quickly falling in love. (Correct grammar? Yes? No?) His name is Gottfried Helnwein, I was not aware of his existence until my adventure to a second-hand bookstore tonight. He is ingenius, I love how dark and grotesque his works are, through the use of child models. SURREALISM. Words cannot express my feelings right now! ...

We are in a relationship for six months now. This were the most amazing six months in my live.
Yesterday we went to the museum to see pictures made by Gottfried Helnwein. They are amazing. He´s such a adorable person. His pictures are really worth seeing.... ...

Oil and acrylic on canvas.... fascinating and beautiful painting-works of Gottfried Helnwein; Norman Mailer wrote: "Helnwein is one of the few exciting painters we have today." I agree, yesterday I read a book about the great painter Jan van Eyck , someone wrote that no one can ever reach his state of art, painting with oil. I must say that Gottfried Helnwein is one of the modern candidates to reach that level of art ...

Empört sind viele OÖN-Leserinnen und -Leser über die Gemälde, die der Künstler Gottfried Helnwein derzeit im Linzer Kunstmuseum Lentos präsentiert. Viele Eltern sind besorgt, dass ihre Kinder dort mit Inhalten konfrontiert werden, die sie noch überfordern. Das stimmt. Auch für viele Erwachsene sind die Themen Helnweins kaum zu bewältigen. Denn er ist ein Maler, der sich trotz seiner täuschend "schönen" altmeisterlichen Technik nicht in Oberflächen erschöpft. Helnwein legt vielmehr genau jene Dinge bloß, die in unserer Gesellschaft nur allzu gerne zugedeckt werden: Physische/ psychische Gewalt, körperliche Dysfunktionen. Gefahren, die für viele von uns Realität sind. Oft in den eigenen vier Wänden, in der eigenen Familie lauern. Helnwein ist keiner, der dazu schweigen kann. Und sein Aufschrei dagegen ist das Bild. ...

"Face it" è intitolata la prima retrospettiva di Gottfried Helnwein in Austria dopo 20 anni, inauguratasi il 9 marzo al Lentos Museum di Linz.
Helnwein, nato nel 1948 a Vienna, vive e lavora tra Los Angeles e l'Irlanda dagli anni ’70 ed è famoso per i suoi ritratti iperrealistici, che spesso hanno come oggetto bambini, personaggi feriti, deturpati e sfigurati. Non solo nella sua patria ha la fama di artista provocante e scioccante. La rassegna al Museo Lentos mette ora in luce i vari tragitti nella sua opera, una mostra che non passerà certamente inosservata al pubblico. ...