"In a very poetic way [Hanoch Levin] describes the world we live in," says Helnwein, "with the child as metaphor for innocence, purity, confronted with the corrupt adult world. The adult characters, even the mother and father, are all archetypes; the child doesn't understand this world. With complete trust, he thinks that the bond between himself and his mother is unbreakable, but, of course, it's broken…
A huge picture-wall of a sleeping child, through which the soldiers break, is the first of four amazing sets, culminating in a "universe of dead children in an infinity of space." ...

2001 - Gottfried Helnwein at Kilkenny Arts Festival ...

Sales reports were extremely upbeat. These included a Chuck Close tapestry for $120,000 and “a major Miro” that brought six figures at Contessa Gallery, two Jean Dubuffet pieces that sold in “the hundreds of thousands” at David Klein Gallery, an Eric Fischl painting at $300,000, a Frank Stella for $145,000, and two works by John Chamberlain at $200,000 and $300,000 at Mark Borghi Fine Art Inc.; a Gottfried Helnwein painting that went “for six figures” at Barry Friedman Ltd; ...

Directed by Melina Matsoukas (who's helmed videos for the likes of Beyoncé, Eve and Lady Gaga), "Hard" is a high-gloss, expensive-looking thing, featuring Rihanna wearing a Mickey Mouse helmet à la Gottfried Helnwein and Marilyn Manson. ...

Friedman Benda announces representation of the Austrian-born artist Gottfried Helnwein. The artist's first New York solo exhibition opens September 17th featuring painting and documentary film. A second exhibition presenting a new body of work, currently in progress, will open at Friedman Benda in May 2010. ...

Life-Moderator Piesczek trifft erfolgeriche Auslandsösterreicher wie Maler Gottfried Helnwein und den Filmproduzenten Harald Kloser. ...

Works by Nobuyoshi Araki, Peter Beard, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Thomas Ruff, Jörg Sasse, Wolfgang Tillmans as well as an unusual portrait of Michael Jackson by Gottfried Helnwein (estimate of 5,000-7,000 EUR) will be put up for auction. ...

Wenn man reinkommt in den dunklen Theater-Kasten, steht sie schon da auf der leeren, schwarzen Bühne: in Unterwäche, den Leib mit Klebeband verschnürt wie eine Skulptur von Gottfried Helnwein. Nur ein Arm ist frei, eine Hand ist auf die Scham gepresst. ...

For designer Helnwein, receiving the text of Levin's play was "an epiphany," because "when I read the play… I felt that I was looking at my [own] work." Much of this work concerns the images of children that society would rather not see. For IO general manager Hannah Munitz, this is a milestone production. ...

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C'è chi si è spinto fino alla parodia, come l'artista austriaco Gottfried Helnwein nel suo Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1987), in cui ha sostituito le anonime figure di Hopper con Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, Elvis Presley e Marilyn Monroe. Per tacere delle copertine, delle copie in legno o ceramica, smalto o cartone, e delle ovvie riproduzioni su T-shirt, tazze e poster (toccate in sorte ai capolavori di tanti altri grandi, da Van Gogh a Picasso). ...

Particolare attenzione è stata rivolta anche per la scelta dell’artwork di copertina, un’immagine dell’incredibile pittore iperrealista Gottfried Helnwein (www.helnwein.com) che ha concesso gratuitamente l’utilizzo della sua opera dopo aver ascoltato la musica dei Kiddycar. ...

Wien - Der weltgrößte Gottfried Helnwein scheint gerettet: Seit Ende vergangenen Jahres hängt an einer Feuermauer der Wienzeile das 300 Quadratmeter große Öl- und Acrylgemälde des 60-jährigen Künstlers. Da der Mäzen des Kunstwerks, der Klimafonds, nur bis Ende April für die Werbefläche gezahlt hatte, drohte dem blauen, kopfüberhängenden Kindergesicht die Übermalung. Nun habe sich jedoch ein Cluster an Sponsorfirmen gefunden, berichtete Vermarkterin Nora Frey. ...

Tildado de hiperrealista, violento, crítico de la sociedad de consumo y de personajes surgidos en este tipo de sociedad, como el pato Donald o Mickey, Gottfried Helnwein es un artista profundamente marcado por el horror de su propio holocausto. ...

Eindrucksvolle Bilder aus seinem Buch "Faces" sind von Helnwein zu sehen: Er streicht hier "virile Fantasien" aus der Perspektive des Modells hevor: So inszeniert er in drei Fotos Keith Richards im Prozess des Zigaretten-Anzündens, daneben blickt Michael Jackson traurig und unzugänglich in die Kamera. Effektvolle Betrachtungsweisen ergeben sich durch die Hängung, die einerseits H.C. Artmann und Clint Eastwood einander gegenüberstellt oder der krasse Widerspruch zwischen einem fröhlichen Elton John und dem von seiner Nazi-Verstrickung gezeichneten Bildhauer und Architekten Arno Breker. ...

I've walked into Modernism, and I can't seem to leave. A young girl of perhaps 9 or 10 is the central figure in a riveting series, called The Murmur of the Innocents by renowned artist Gottfried Helnwein. She is large-eyed and blond-haired, with a gravity that belies her years, both mesmerizing and painful to look at. I make the rounds of the gallery with the rest of the visitors, each of us transfixed. First she looks directly at us, then she's lost in her own sadness, oblivious to our stares. Around the next corner, she's sullen, then defiant, then helpless in a blindfold; finally she's bloody and bandaged, and we don't know why. I finally tear myself away, but she stays with me, along with the questions I cannot voice. ...

Earlier this week, it emerged that controversial Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein will unveil a tribute to Michael Jackson at the event. The artist, photographer and installation and performance artist, who was a friend of the singer, will reportedly show larger than life portraits of children and paintings of Jackson himself. Helnwein collaborated with Jackson several times and the singer used a Helnwein painting of wounded children for the booklet for his 1995 album Save "HIStory”. The Vienna-born artist has in the past caused controversy and public outrage with his work, much of which focuses on children and the Holocaust. ...

Im niederösterreichischen Zwentendorf sind am Freitag neun "Save The World Awards" verliehen worden. Preisträger waren unter anderem der US-Leichtathletikstar Carl Lewis, Karlheinz Böhm und postum Michael Jackson.
Vor dem nie in Betrieb gegangenen Atomkraftwerk in Zwentendorf wurden bei der feierlichen Zeremonie Menschen geehrt, deren soziales und humanitäres Engagement vorbildlich ist. ...

Als sich die Ausstellungs-Leitung für diese Fotografie Gottfried Helnweins entschied, die Michael Jackson im Jahr 1988 zeigt, konnte noch keiner ahnen, dass nur wenige Wochen später die Museumsbesucher vor diesem Bild Schlange stehen würden. Der Tod dieses Ausnahme-Künstlers lässt wohl jedes Foto von ihm zum Gedenkbild werden. ...

Der bekommt posthum einen Preis für sein humanitäres Lebenswerk verliehen, der von Jacksons Bruder Jermaine entgegengenommen wird. "Er hat es nie wirklich öffentlich gemacht, aber er hat dutzende humanitäre Projekte unterstützt", erzählte Gottfried Helnwein - der Maler war ein persönlicher Freund des "King of Pop". "Wenn er in einem Krankenhaus von einer notwendigen lebensrettenden Operation eines Kindes erfuhr, hat er sie bezahlt." Demgegenüber stünden die Medien, die Jackson vor allem als Freak darstellte. ...