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Gottfried Helnwein
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I am not aiming to provoke. For me, art is a possibility to defend myself, to retaliate. Gottfried Helnwein's (b. 1948) paintings of children are both touching and disturbing. The hyperrealistic character of his images serves to intensify this effect still further. The vulnerable and defenceless...
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Description
I am not aiming to provoke. For me, art is a possibility to defend myself, to retaliate.
Gottfried Helnwein's (b. 1948) paintings of children are both touching and disturbing. The hyperrealistic character of his images serves to intensify this effect still further. The vulnerable and defenceless child serves as the central motif in the artist's examination of the themes of pain, injury, and violence. The catalogue provides an overview of his creative work during the past twenty years.
The child in Helnwein's works embodies and serves as a proxy for psychological and societal fears. The artist also uses his images to denounce Nazism or to address the Holocaust as well as the taboo subject of abuse. Helnwein is considered a provocateur to this day. He still succeeds in shaking up people with his works, which are produced from photographic references and which captivate us through their technical perfection.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9783777442068
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 25 January 2024
Country: Germany
Imprint: Hirmer Verlag
Illustration: 130 Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Edited by Klaus Albrecht Schröder
- Edited by Elsy Lahner
- Text by E. Lahner
- Text by K. Speidel
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 245.0mm
Height: 285.0mm
Weight: 1120g
Pages: 160
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About the Author
Elsy Lahner is curator for contemporary art at the Albertina in Vienna.
Klaus Albrecht Schröder is the director general of the Albertina in Vienna.
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