In Klosterneugurg bei Wien würde der ehemalige Bundespräsident von Weizsäcker gerne hängen, so sagt er, wäre er denn ein Bild. Er würde sich dort in ebenso feiner wei weltläufiger Gesellschaft befinden, denn in der 25 000 Einwohnergemeinde am Rande der österreichischen Hauptstadt hat deas Sammlerehepaar Agnes und Karlheinz Essl in den vergangenen 35 Jahren über 6000 zeitgenössische Kunstwerke von einem Rang zusammengetragen, der sich mit internationalen Museen messen kann. Nun zeigen die kunstverliebten Baumarktmillionäre aus Anlass des Geburtstages ihrer "Passion for Art" 400 ausgewählte Werke der Gegenwartskunst. In friedlicher Koexistenz finden sich da Francis Bacon, Julian Opie, Anselm Kiefer, Gottfried Helnwein, Peter Land und Gerhard Richter, ...

Some of the biggest names in contemporary art are coming to the Denver Art Museum as part of an unprecedented year-long lecture series., funded by internationally known collectors Vicki and Kent Logan of Vail.
The lineup, titled "Logan Lectures 2007," will feature 10 major artists from around the world whose works are on view in the museum's new $110 million Hamilton Building. The series begins in January and runs through December. Some of their pieces can be seen in the largest of the temporary exhibitions on view as part of the addition's inauguration - "Radar: Selections From the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan." ...

Bühnenbild und Kostüme stammen vom bekannten Künstler Gottfried Helnwein, bekannt für Bilder voller Ekel, Leid und Schmerz. Auch Helnwein will den Menschen den Irrsinn der heutigen von Gewalt geprägten Zeit drastisch vor Augen führen. Gottfried Helnwein : "Es ist eine Zeit des Zerfalls, des Untergangs. Vielleicht ist es völlig sinnlos, aber es gibt einfach Leute wie mich, die so besessen und verbohrt sind, dass sie denken, sie müssten all das festhalten, was da passiert und die Leute zwingen, das anzuschauen." ...

Mr. Kresnik's stage pictures are often powerful. His ''Rheingold'' and ''Walküre'' compaction introduces Wagner; Nietzsche; King Ludwig; various Wagner wives and lovers; Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of West Germany; a ''red figure''; and modern-day soldiers and G.I.'s among the characters. Ludwig dances in his familiar blue jacket, naked from the waist down. Alberich hacks off his penis with a giant sword. The first act of ''Die Walküre'' is a trio for three naked men, one of whom becomes visibly pregnant (the wonders of a prosthesis and flesh-colored makeup). This last, it might be argued, successfully reintroduces the transgressive impact of incest to a modern audience lulled by Wagner's music. ...

Kresniks aktuelle Bezüge zielen meist in Richtung moderner Kriege um Rohstoffe. So läuft am Anfang ein Video über brennende Ölfelder. Sie passen zu der wahren Bilderorgie, die Kresnik und sein renommierter Bühnenbildner Gottfried Helnwein entfachen. Der österreichische Maler, der es vor allem durch seine surrealen Kindergemälde zu internationalem Ruhm gebracht hat, lässt Funken sprühen, literweise Blut spritzen und verschärft noch Kresniks Wucht und Bilderwut. ...

Conceptual artist Gottfried Helnwein grew up in Vienna after World War II and was deeply influence by the Holocaust, Donald Duck, Elvis, and the Rolling Stones. His art constantly questions society by looking at its impact on the most innocent — the children. ...

художники, фотографы во все времена использовали свои работы вместо слов! нужно всегда заглядывать за внешнюю оболочку!
ведь посмотрев эти фото, возникает желание повернуться к прекрасному.............. ...

Dita Von Teese: "Bespoke - whether it's jewellery design or putting together a party - is like, 'Wow.' I love the way the Regency and Victorian era really knew how to party. There was so much attention to detail. People have become lazy about entertaining. It’s all done to a formula.” Her dream theme is a Marie Antoinette banquet. "I love centrepieces dripping with flowers, berries and fruit. In those days, people would eat the table arrangements, and 1 love that irreverence. Marilyn and Dita were such fun to work with - they let me frame their cheesy childhood photos and put them on the walls of the castle in Tipperary. ...

“Look Now” was a spectacular show comprised of photography, installations, painting and video art. The images were often disturbing as the examples of Gottfried Helnwein’s haunting painting of a child in military dress and Tony Oursler’s disembodied, frog-like talking heads, which amused, admonished and interrogated their audience went fully to show. The exhibit attempted to “confront us with the realities that lie behind and between our fantasies of who we are and of the world in which we live,” and this was certainly chillingly and mesmerizingly achieved. ...

Contemporary Looks "Radar: Selections From the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan" will be the principal opening exhibition. Among, the works on view will be Thomas Schutte's "Grosse Geister," (left), Franz Ackermann's "B 1 (Barbeque with the Duke)" (center) and Gottfried Helnwein's "Epiphany" (right). ...