lunedì, febbraio 17, 2003

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN
ovvero, screw stoopid hacker writers, let's support true art, part II!
- posted by G. @ 11:40 AM

Die Symboltiefe des Stücks versucht die Inszenierung in albtraumartig verrätselten Bildern szenisch einzufangen. Deren Motive erinnern bisweilen an die bedrückende Atmosphäre mancher Zeichnungen von Helnwein: die grausig auf dem Bett der Kaiserin herumlungernde Falkenfigur etwa, mit ihrer langen, gebogenen Schnabelnase, die surreal kahlen Räume, das klinisch von oben einfallende Licht sowie allerlei über die Bühne schleichende, zwielichtige Statistengestalten mit gipsernen Tiermasken ...

The official web site including drawings, mixed-media paintings, collection of self-portraits, photography, performance, and sculpture. Some of the images might be considered disturbing. Gottfried Helnwein, , all about the artist and his works: new releases, exhibitions, galleries, drawings, paintings, photography, biography, international press articles and texts about Helnwein. NEWS | ARTIST | WORKS | TEXTS | PRESS | CONTACT | COUNTRY | COUNTRY | COUNTRY |
http://www.helnwein.com/
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Neue Bilder
Auf der HP von Gottfried Helnwein welcher ja zuständig für das neue Artwork von Manson ist, sind neue Bilder veröffentlicht worden. Ausserdem werden die Bilder mit Manson im September 03 in die 'Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame' aufgenommen. ...

COMIC RELEASE: NEGOTIATING IDENTITY FOR A NEW GENERATION
The Regina Gouger Miller Gallery
Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland
Through March 21
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Mickey: So, uh, guys, it's a small world after all, don't ya think?
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Spider-Man: Um, yes. I never really believed I'd ever be in a museum, sharing wall space with you, Donald Duck, or even really with Superman or that weird Ghost World guy.
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Daniel Clowes: Hey, I'm right here. I can hear you perfectly well. And it's not just me; there are other alternative comics artists here, too, like Joe Sacco and Chris Ware. We can't believe our stuff is even on the wall, let alone alongside real artists like Barry McGee, Inka Essenhigh or Gottfried Helnwein.
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Gottfried Helnwein: Yes, it's quite a mix. I'm not sure what I think about it. After all, I borrow imagery from comics, and I really appreciate the do-it-yourself ethic of 'zine editors...but still, I am a painter and my paintings really do belong in a museum. You guys belong in books, in comic book stores.
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This fictional dialogue isn't too far-fetched from the one that the curators of Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation hope visitors will engage in when they visit the show. Curators Vicky A. Clark, Barbara Bloemink, Ana Merino and Rick Gribenas know that this smart and intriguing collection of comics, both mainstream and alternative, 'zines and fine art is about dialogue in more ways than one.
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We have INDEED just finished mixing the final song for the album and have scheduled the GROTESK BURLESK all across the world. The artwork and much more of my collaboration with Gottfried Helnwein is also complete.
The details of our AKTION and the sounds that accompany it will all be revealed quite soon. ...

The child stares out from the publicity photos, skin white with dust and eyes expressionless. In a society fluent in the language of news media it's almost impossible not to interpret the blank face of Gottfried Helnwein's photo Child1:
it becomes a symbol of lost innocence and silent accusation.
The show this image promotes, Close Your Little Eyes, is a music theatre-installation devised by composer and director Max Lyandvert. Taking as its starting point a lullaby from the Vilnius Ghetto, it juxtaposes visual and sound images with music scored for 16-voice children's choir, string quartet and soprano soloist. ...

while browsing around on his page(s) i noticed that i know quite alot of his works, but somehow i never got round to remember the name.. anyway. check out the drawings & canvas'... ...

The Rules of Attraction promotional campaign skirted with controversy on more than one occasion, but there's a story that remains largely untold.
Helnwein:
Two images I could not forget - the rape scene and the suicide of that girl in the bath tub - very startling and so different than anything you have ever seen about these subjects on film.
There was a strange and sad beauty in the tardy, dreamlike movements of this girl with the expressionless face, slashing her wrists and slowly turning the water red. Theresa's acting, camera and music in that instant were one of the magic moments in cinema-history. ...

Art: Hopper ...