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A survey of directories referring to the artist Gottfried Helnwein ...

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"The world doesn't like people that are different than the average. Rulers throughout history have always hated those people that stick out of the masses, - the geniuses, the poets, monsters, artists, witches and saints; and usually they burned them or put them in dungeons, concentration-camps or mental institutions, thinking of what a nice and peaceful slave-camp this planet could be without them.
But for some miraculous reason this desert-town here seems to be different than the rest of the world, because here they don't mind these monsters, they actually seem to like them.
L.A. is the sanctuary for people with weird visions and impossible dreams. Maybe it's the last place on earth where dreams are still legal." ...

Richard Strauss
In German with English Supertitles
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A new production of one of opera's most beloved romantic comedies.
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Director Maximilian Schell combines forces with visionary artist and designer Gottfried Helnwein for a fresh look at the intricacies of love and romance. An aristocratic lady encounters a younger rival for her brash paramour's affections. Her fascinating response plays out in a nostalgic glance at the timeless mysteries of the heart. ...

...wenn ich das Plakat betrachte, das über meinem Schreibtisch hängt. Es war eine geniale Ausstellung, die ich gerne wiedersehen würde. Ich habe sie damals nur fünfmal besucht. :-) ...

In November, America celebrated the 75th birthday of Mickey Mouse. In his long history, the world�s most famous rodent has not always lived up to his squeaky-clean image. As the following timeline makes clear, over the decades Mickey has been involved in a host of unsavory activities and turned up in all sorts of surprising and sometimes scandalous places. Mickey Mouse is a puzzle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a pair of red shorts with yellow buttons...
February 2003: Outside Ozzy Osbourne's Beverly Hills mansion, shock rocker Marilyn Manson and modernist Viennese artist Gottfried Helnwein premiere two paintings that will be used as the artwork for Mansons album The Golden Age of Grotesque. The creepy images depict a heavily made-up Manson wearing Mouseketeer ears. ...

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Y a de ça, oui. Façon de faire du moderne avec du classique. Corps et violence. Mais ne prenait pas des cadavres pour modèle et matériau, lui. Et Gottfried Helnwein, t'aimes bien ?
http://kristallnacht.helnwein.com/fr_FR/texte/local_texts/abstracts_1.html
2004-01-07 00:11:34 de Bartlebooth
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Oui, effectivement, il s'est souvent servi du "hors normes" pour travailler. Je n'ai pas été étonné d'apprendre que le travail de Weegee (tu sais, le photographe américain des faits divers, ds les années 40) l'a inspiré, à la base. Pour ce qui est de Gottfried Helwein, c'est un artiste très prolifique, mais que je connais mal.
2004-01-07 00:30:33 de GIL ...

【ネガティブなイメージ、モチーフをあえて過剰に打ち出すこと：ナチズムへの問い】
　右のようなナチズムとアメリカのポップカルチャーを合体させた表現の作品も多数。その中でレイシズム（人種至上主義）や幼児虐待についてなどを内容とした、一般には「不愉快さ」を催させる題材の組み合わせが顕著。右のようにディズニーとナチスのレイシズムをミックスした作品も多数。ヘルンヴァインは子どもの頃から「潜在的ナチズム」についての深い関心を向けてきたと言うが、それは「広域な人間集団の暴力行動」を捉えるための「政治思想的な種類の問いかけである」とあえてここで強調してみる。そこを通過しなければ、彼の「不愉快さ」やある種の“不潔感”が漂う一連の表現の裏にあるものも、見えてこない。 ...