Gottfried Helnwein is an artist of clear statements, uninhibited and idiosyncratic. He confronts us with the dark sides of human nature. Silently but mercilessly he uses the fate of the innocent child to bring before our eyes the human capacity for suffering, making the beholder a passive, and indeed active, accomplice to injury and abuse. Helnwein is one of the world’s best-known and at the same time most controversial German-speaking artists of the post-war period. Helnwein is an artist who thinks in political terms, analyzing present and historical world events and revealing, there too, the structures of power and violence. All his life he has addressed the issue of the cruel mechanisms of the Nazi period. His pictures are an ongoing appeal against collective amnesia, deliberate or otherwise. ...

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Further prize winners this year were Sir Bob Geldof (music), Maximilian Schell (life’s work), former president of Germany Prof. Dr. Roman Herzog (tolerance), Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxemburg (charity), Veronica Ferres (film), Sir David Frost (media), former prime minister of Italy Romano Prodi and former president of Poland Aleksander Kwasinewski (Europe).
Dr. Antje Vollmer, former speaker of parliament, gave the laudation for Gottfried Helnwein .
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DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum (DAM) today announced a major reinstallation of its Modern & Contemporary Art galleries with an eye toward the human form. Focus: The Figure includes works from the DAM’s collection that have never been seen before, as well as known visitor favorites. The installation presents a dialogue on art and politics with many works offering insight into universal social issues. The rotation, which officially opens on August 23, was curated by Christoph Heinrich, DAM’s Polly and Mark Addison curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, who joined the Museum in 2007. ...

The Armory Show – Modern is a new section dedicated to international dealers specializing in historically significant Modern and contemporary art. This new program is being held on Pier 92 concurrent with The Armory Show, The International Fair of New Art on Pier 94. With one admission ticket, visitors to The Armory Show on March 5 - 8 will now have access not only to the newest developments in the art world, but also to the masterpieces that heralded them. ...

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I recently visted Waterford Ireland for the first time, looking for the land of my ancestors, having made the trek from Australia. It was very powerful for me to drive into Waterford and be captured immediately by the girl overlooking the harbour. I have been fascinated by it ever since, and as an artist, inspired. It was great to discover the artist and the intention behind the work, after weeks of her inhabiting my consciousness. I think she was the source of my new song, "We Are Children". Thank-you so much for your beautiful and challenging work! ...

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... 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. ...

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''Art Miami has done a really good job,'' said Miami collector Dennis Scholl, echoing an oft-heard sentiment at Tuesday's VIP opening, a charity event for Lotus House.
Among works for sale: Gottfried Helnwein's photographs of Marilyn Mason at Barry Friedman gallery; Roy Lichtenstein's Water Lily at Galerie Terminus and an eye-catching photo of President-elect Barack Obama by Martin Scholler at Hasted Hunt Gallery. ...

Again and again, he has painted children in brutal, violent settings. He has used Chris­tian iconography to depict Nazi officers, and juxtaposed rampaging soldiers with Images of childhood innocence. Visceral reactions come with the territory: one Installation in Cologne was physically attacked by neo Nazis. And yet, he says, he does not set out to shock. "Shock is a useless effect," he says. "Somebody in shock is completely useless. I want to make somebody think."
Instead, Helnwein's work speaks of a deep psychological need for meaning, even as it takes the form of violence and confrontation. Such an approach is rooted in the uneasy silences of growing up in post-war Austria and the shattered illusions of his early adult life, yet is still infused with an uneasy ideal­ism.
His art has brought him material rewards. Over the past 30 years, he has become an art superstar. His paintings and photographs command large prices. As he talks in his Co Tipperary castle, garbed in black clothes and dark glasses, Helnwein has the air of a vet­eran rock star and the lifestyle to match it.
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Famed Austrian-born artist Gottfried Helnwein invites us into his magnificent home, Castle Gurteen Le Poer, in Co Tipperary, which dates back to the 12th century and has its own live-in-ghost the mysterious White Lady. ...

Meet Gottfried Helnwein and 'The Last Child' in our new Volume 5 of TRUCE Magazine.
An exclusive 34 page cover about this amazing artist and his current exhibition in Ireland, might thrill you a bit. At bookstores and newsstands around December. Are you ready for this? ...

Von der Wiederbelebung der Wiener Kunstschau 1908 im Wiener Belvedere bis zur Eröffnung der neuen Ausstellungsräumlichkeiten für Gegenwartskunst in der Albertina - dieser Herbst bietet eine wunderbare Gelegenheit, sich auf die Spuren österreichischen Kunstschaffens zu heften. Zumindest von Klimt bis Nitsch und von Emilie Flöge zur Helnwein-Version der Micky Mouse. ...

Gottfried Helnwein - ein künstlerischer Anarchist aus Prinzip. Seine Bilder erzählen von apokalyptischen Visionen. Seine Themen sind Schmerz, Gewalt, Religion und Politik. Der österreichische Maler, Grafiker und Fotokünstler Gottfried Helnwein provoziert seit mehr als 30 Jahren mit seiner Schock-Ästhetik. Schon seit Beginn seiner Karriere war Helnwein umstritten. Mit rotzig-radikalen Sätzen wie "von Walt Disney hab ich mehr gelernt, als von Leonardo da Vinci" stellt er den Kulturbetrieb in Frage. 3sat zeigt das Porträt anlässlich der musealen Werkschau des österreichischen Künstlers im Museum Lentos in Linz vom 10. März bis zum 12. Juni 2006. ...

Mit der Ausstellung «Nach 1970 - Österreichische Kunst aus der Albertina» setzt die Albertina eine Reihe fort, die sie im Vorjahr mit «Kunst nach 1970» begonnen hat. Diesmal liegt das besondere Augenmerk auf Österreich. Gezeigt werden rund 220 Werke, die einen weiteren Einblick in die insgesamt über 20'000 Arbeiten umfassende Sammlung an Gegenwartskunst der Albertina geben.
Mit dieser Präsentation werden auch die neu errichteten Ausstellungsräume der Albertina im zweiten Obergeschoss eröffnet. Erstmals werden dabei zum Großteil jüngere Sammlungszuwächse der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. In der um 2'000 m² erweiterten Ausstellungsfläche werden Werke von über 33 Künstlerinnen und ...