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Schaffensperioden und Werkgruppen:
13. Arbeiten von 2000 - 2008. "The American Paintings"
"The American Paintings" - 2000 "Downtown" - 2002 "Paradise Burning" - 2003

…WHEN SOMEONE IS WILLING TO TAKE ON THE SADNESS, THE IRONY, THE UGLINESS AND THE BEAUTY IN THE KIND OF WAY THAT HELNWEIN DOES.

Sean Penn

"Well, the world is a haunted house, and Helnwein at times is our tour guide through it.I think in anything that is really relevant and emotional art, there is some kind of a mirror that people experience. I don't think that you can recognize a feeling from something that you look at unless it's part of yourself, and so when someone is willing to take on the sadness, the irony, the ugliness and the beauty in the kind of way that Gottfried does.Not all of Gottfried's work is on a canvas. A lot of it is the way he's approached life. And it doesn't take someone knowing him to know that. You take one look at the paintings and you say "this guy has been around." You can't sit in a closet - and create this. This level of work is earned.When you find someone in the arts, whether it's in your medium or in another medium, that raises the bar for you, that reinvigorates your own pursuit of affecting people and out of a sharing what you count on as some kind of a common chord in us.As an artist my strongest reaction to Helnwein's work is that it challenges me to be better at what I do. There are very few people that achieve utter excellence in what they do.And I think that Gottfried Helnwein is certainly one of those people."Sean Penn

Sean Penn talks about the Art of Gottfried Helnwein, Los Angeles, 2003
Aus dem Film "Gottfried Helnwein - Ninth November Night"
A Documentary about the Art of Gottfried Helnwein — Los Angeles, 2003
I Walk Alone
Untitled
Oath
Stage Fright
American Prayer
Art in America
Downtown 20
Leda and the Swan
L.A. Confidential (Cops II)
The Red Gun
Midnight Mickey

THE DARKER SIDE OF PLAYLAND, CHILDHOOD IMAGERY FROM THE LOGAN COLLECTION

SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art1. September 2000 - 2. Jänner 2001Heather Whitmore JainCuratorial Associate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
SF MOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

SFMOMA: 'THE DARKER SIDE OF PLAYLAND: CHILDHOOD IMAGERY FROM THE LOGAN COLLECTION'

Artweek, USAAlicia Miller2000

SFMOMA: 'THE DARKER SIDE OF PLAYLAND: CHILDHOOD IMAGERY FROM THE LOGAN COLLECTION', Artweek, 2000
In 'The Darker Side of Playland', the endearing cuteness of beloved toys and cartoon characters turns menacing and monstrous.
Much of the work has the quality of childhood nightmares. In those dreams, long before any adult understanding of the specific pains and evils that live holds, the familiar and comforting objects and images of a child's world are rent with something untoward. — For children, not understanding what really to be afraid of, these dreams portend some pain and disturbance lurking into the landscape.

IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS WALT DISNEY

Disney Recycled by Contemporary ArtGaleries nationales du Grand Palais Paris - 16 septembre 2006 - 15 janvier 2007Museum of Modern Art Montreal - March 8, 2007 - June 24, 2007

It All Starts Again with a Mouse: Disney Recycled by Contemporary Art -

Pop Art made Mickey and Donald into icons, and artists continue to be inspired by Disney’s legacy today. This section shows some thirty works based on Disney characters, created by a diverse group of modern and contemporary artists that includes Gary Baseman, Christian Boltanski, Gottfried Helnwein, Bertrand Lavier, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Peter Saul and Andy Warhol.

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COMIC RELEASE - Negotiating Identity for a new Generation

Regina Miller Gallery, Purnell Center of the ArtsThe Carnegie Mellon University2003

Catalogue

HELNWEIN - one man show

Robert Sandelson GalleryLondon2000Text by Robert Flynn Johnson,

"The Child, Works by Gottfried Helnwein", San Francisco Chronicle
"The Child", Works by Gottfried Helnwein, San Francisco Fine Arts Museums