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group show Artists support Nazareth House in Cape Town South Africa. Nazareth House is a world respected organisation dedicated to the stable and secure care of children in need. The Sisters of Nazareth were asked to care for one HIV baby in 1992 and since then, in their centre and their township outreach programmes, they have looked after more than 250 HIV infected babies and children.

Westernhagen, Germany's biggest Rock'n'Roll musician

Disney artist Carl Barks (1901-2000) created one of Walt Disney's most famous characters, Scrooge McDuck. Barks also produced more than 500 comic book stories. His work is ranked among the most widely circulated, best-loved, and most influential of all comic book art. Although the images he created are known virtually everywhere, Barks was an isolated storyteller, living in the desert of California and preferring to labor without public fanfare during most of his career. The influence of Barks's work on such filmmakers as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and on such artists as Gottfried Helnwein has extended Barks's significance far beyond the boundaries of comics.

Gottfried Helnwein, Patrick Morrison, Bryten Goss and Miguel Arguello.

It's funny how blisteringly incorrect Page Six is in their quest for sensational gossip. They miss the big story when they stoop so low. The image in question isn't a shot from a deleted scene in the movie, and was never before censors, but a photograph taken by the brilliant Austrian artist, Gottfried Helnwein. It's reason enough to buy the CD, and reason entirely that WalMart won't carry the CD.

Shannyn Sossamon und Theresa Wayman

Helnwein by Mic Moroney ...This unease with, and yet celebration of German-language cutlure continues to inform Helnwein's work, not least in this large piece, "The Silent Glow of the Avant Garde" Helnwein's painting - both cheekily and totally in homage - appropriates the great paintings, "The Polar Sea" (1824) by the leading German Romantic landscape artist Casper David Friedrich. Helnwein here re-renders the painting in a gloomy, cinematic blue-black duochrome, and hugely magnifies it from its original scale (about 1 metre by 1 metre 30), although the foundered ship still seems dwarfed and pulverised by the splintering ice sheets. It remains a fine example of that particularly Germanic celebration of heroic humanity dashing itself against the majestic cruelty of nature. Helnwein, in his wry title and borrowing of the image, is suggesting an uncomfortable paradigm behind Friedrich's painting - a perpetual sense of momentous revolution within nature, raw humanity and indeed artistic culture. These ideas pervaded Friedrich's work, as well as that of composer Richard Wagner and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche - all of whose works were later so mistakenly absorbed into the "superhuman" aesthetic of Nazi ideaology and doctrine...

PRESENT: A crowd described as groovy and Hollywoodish -including actor/skateboarder Jason Lee - turned up Thursday for the opening of Austrian-born L.A.-and-Ireland resident Gottfried Helnwein's show at Modernism in San Francisco. Sean Penn was said to have bought three paintings.

THE FRENCH SAY, "CONDEMNANT IL FAIT Q'UOD": "WE CONDEMN WHAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND." BUT THAT STOPS RIGHT HERE. LAY YOUR OPINIONS OF THE MAN TO REST UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE READ THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION BETWEEN CYRIL HELNWEIN AND MARILYN MANSON - Manson: Of course, for everybody who reads this – they won’t know that our meeting has been very important to my career, because you introduced me to your father (Gottfried Helnwein) and we'’ve gone and will go on to do lots of great stuff together. So that’s the behind-the-scenes story for everybody who’'s going to read this..

A: Welche Maler und bildenden Künstler haben dich am meisten beeinflusst? Manson: Egon Schiele, Gottfried Helnwein, Luis Buñuel, Dalí, [Hieronymus] Bosch, Warhol, Mark Ryden, Fellini. Und so weiter... A: Wie weit sind die Studioarbeiten an dem neuen Album (The Golden Age of Grotesque) fortgeschritten? Sind die Aufnahmen abgeschlossen? Manson: Ja, jetzt geht es in den Mix. A: Hast du Interesse an der Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Künstlern (abgesehen von Tim Skold) an neuen Projekten? Manson: Vielleicht mit Felix Da House Kat. D12 versuchen schon länger mit mir was zu machen. Ich bin aber zur Zeit ganz mit Helnwein und einigen damit verbundenen Projekten beschäftigt. Es kommt wirklich auf die Umstände an. Ich mag es nicht Musik außerhalb der Band zu machen. Das wird einfach zu unkoordiniert.

PETER GABRIEL TEAMS UP WITH SEAN PENN FOR CONTROVERSIAL NEW VIDEO. VIDEO BANNED FOR BROADCAST BEFORE 9PM Exclusive video captures of this video on page 2 of this feature, please note, they are not suitable for those who are easily offended, or minors! Famous for his groundbreaking and multi-award winning videos, PETER GABRIEL has teamed up with actor/director SEAN PENN to create a controversial new video for his forthcoming single, 'The Barry Williams Show' which is released on 9th September. Both the single and the video have already been

Antje Vollmer, vice-speaker of German parliament, spends her vacation at the home of Gottfried Helnwein and his family in Ireland where she meets with artists, writers, actors, musicians and other people active in the fields of culture. For the past 3 years, every summer, Gottfried Helnwein is inviting creative people from all over the world to stay at his home in Ireland.

When Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein opened a show of his paintings recently, celebrities crowded his downtown studio. Leonardo DiCaprio rubbed Elbows with Marilyn Manson. Beck chatted with Kevin Smith. Mena Suvari stopped for a photo op, and Sean Penn lent his cool. For a recent transplant, Helnwein attracted much Hollywood.

Marilyn Manson found himself in hospital this week, the victim of stress and exhaustion in the rush to get his next record out. He tells fans at his official website "This week was strenuous and I landed myself in the hospital as a result of “going too far” in the creation process. I am fine now and glad to be back in the studio.

That Mouse could'nt be in better hands.

So tonight I went to Gottfried Helnwein's show at his studio in downtown L.A. It was sponsored by the Jason Lee Foundation for the Arts (I'm still trying to figure that one out) and just about everyone was there. I turn to the right -- Sean Penn. I turn to the left -- Beck. Arnold is dropping off a gift. Kevin Smith is wandering around in big, baggy shorts and looking at Gottfried's larger works. Leo looks like a cat. Mena Suvari is upset about the flourescent lighting

Guests: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marilyn Manson, Sean Penn, Beck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Mena Suvari, Hans Zimmer, Giovanni Ribisi, Carla Azar, Marissa Ribisi, Roger Avary, Greg Shapiro, Bryten Goss, Dita Von Teese, Danny Masterson, Cobi Jones, Karen Black, Shannyn Sossamon, Peter and Michelle Wolf , Julia Migenes, Patrick Morrison, Henning Lohner and others

Marilyn Manson and painter Gottfried Helnwein have joined forces to collaborate on a series of creations that are aimed at placing art on the edge, where it belongs. In the tradition of AKTION, the pair intend to have a powerful effect on the bland world of entertainment. Helnwein's use of taboo subject matter has gained him respect and notoriety worldwide. Museums in NYC, Berlin, Vienna and Zurich are just a few locations where his challenging images have left controversy in their wake. He has worked with Marlena Dietrich and was chosen by Time Magazine to paint JFK on the 20th anniversary of his assassination. The Simon Wiesenthal Foundation supported his work in Europe and here in Los Angeles, the Museum of Tolerance will be displaying a series of portraits that were vandalized by neo-fascists who labeled them "degenerate art." His fight for expression and stance against oppression are reasons why Manson chose him as an artistic partner. Check the journal for candid pics and more.

Today I started to work with legendary painter/artist Gottfried Helnwein. Thanks to Cyril, his son, we met some time ago and are now collaborating. Today: Lighting, camera tests, juggling. I am too exhausted to reveal the details of our work but it is multi-media-prop chaos that I know will please many and enrage more. I am honored to work with him...and he is having a gallery exhibit this Thursday in LA that I will be attending. As I promised, here are a couple of behind-the-scenes shots taken by Matt N., my art assistant. These are not representative of Helnwein’s work as he is primarily a painter. (AMAZING PAINTER).

“This is a very serious and somewhat disturbing exhibition,” said Mayor Meralee Goldman, who is supportive of the exhibit and was first approached by the Austrian artist. “There is an important component of education to go along with this exhibit,” Human Relations Director Mary O’Gorman said. “This is a Holocaust Memorial, and the intent at times is to overwhelm.” The exhibit is described as “an art event to focus the conscience of the viewer and, through media exposure, the conscience of the widest possible public” by the artist’s draft proposal. “An art installation a city block long...will rise into public view to cry out against not only one of history’s most tragic and horrific episodes of prejudice, but also against the current resurgence of the endangerment of children through intolerance around the world.”

2002/06/01 I'm escorting Shannyn Sossamon to Gottfried Helnwein's L.A. studio tonight for a photo session. Gottfried is a genius, and possibly my favorite living artist -- so I'm thrilled for Shannyn to be shooting with him. Afterward, I'm taking her to the airport. She's flying out of town to shoot a short film (yes, you too can have Shannyn in your film -- she's that cool!).

cover: "Head of a Child 4" inside: "Head of a Child 5" 2000, oil and acrylic on canvas, and "Ninth of November Night", 1988, installation at the Museum Ludwig, cologne

Franz Morak, Austrian Secretary of State for the Arts and Media, and Mr Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Consul General of Austria, visited Helnwein's studio in Downtown Los Angeles and had Breakfast there. Together then, they walked to the nearby Los Angeles Geffen Museum of Contemporary Art to meet with curators, who gave them a tour of the museum.

Im Rahmen seines Los Angeles Aufenthaltes wird Morak auch mit dem Schauspieler Dennis Hopper sowie mit Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Wolf und Gottfried Helnwein zusammentreffen.

De Rodrigo M. Malmsten Kleines Helnwein, está inspirada en la estética de Gottfried Helnwein, artista plástico contemporáneo. La dura e irónica temática de su obra denuncia las consecuencias de toda una sociedad signada por la oscuridad y la hipocresía; la sociedad del propio G. Helnwein (Austria), así como las de tantas otras.

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Gottfried Helnwein, who is quite possibly my favorite living artist, attended my screening last night - ... Los Angeles, March, 29, 2002

`The Portrait Obscured,'' the current exhibit at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, where 19 artists have all but forgone the portrait entirely in their pursuit of it. The exhibit's signature pieces are two paintings by the Austrian painter Gottfried Helnwein. A bit of perceptual sleight of hand, two seemingly blue-black canvases on close inspection reveal portraits of John Lennon and Bruce Lee. Portraits obscured, to be sure, and perhaps a meditation on how unknowable are the famous by their famous faces.

Gottfried Helnwein, John Lennon, 1994 oil and acrylic on canvas, courtesy Modernism, San Francisco

feb 17th, 2002, 6:29pm: I was introduced to this artist a couple of years ago by a friend. He's not a new artist on the European or World scene by any means, but anyone who enjoys the more disturbing, symbolic and deranged David Lynch films (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive) should check him out.

A castle in Tipperary is the setting for this most unlikely of squires. Politics, paint and provocation are the life blood of Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein and his work.

Monograph texts by Alexander Borovsky, Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art Peter Selz Klaus Honnef William Burroughs Heiner Müller Second edition: Koenemann, Cologne, 1998 Texts in English, German and French

How can one recount the Holocaust? That is certainly one of the major questions confronting any writer who tries to write on this theme. How is one to transform the horrific and inconceivable reality into fiction? How can one create a feeling of aunthenticity in the reader? How to disturb his emotional world without resorting to sentimental manipulation and how to avoid banality? ...

Abitur 2002 KUNSTERZIEHUNG als Leistungsfach Malerei/Grafik Aufgabe mit gestalterischem Schwerpunkt und schriftlichem Anteil Chuck Close: Selbstporträt, 1971 Gottfried Helnwein: Selbstporträt, 1983 Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn: Selbstbildnisse 1630, Radierungen

"Kleines Helnwein" a play by Rodrigo M. Malmsten inspired by the early work of Gottfried Helnwein language: spanish Kleines Helnwein, está inspirada en la estética de Gottfried Helnwein, artista plástico contemporáneo. La dura e irónica temática de su obra denuncia las consecuencias de toda una sociedad signada por la oscuridad y la hipocresía; la sociedad del propio G. Helnwein (Austria), así como las de tantas otras. Una mujer que vive como una niña; un hombre que vive como un niño; una entidad ("Kleines", es el adjetivo aleman neutro: lo pequeño) se trata de una víctima aunque también, de un posible victimario. Tal vez, en su historia, sus padres hayan ejercido abusos de poder sobre este niño/hombre o esta niña/mujer. Tal vez no hubo padres, sino una figura real side nuestro reciente pasado histórico, responsable de haber deformado a este individuo/sujeto/personaje, convirtiéndolo en un ser perverso y dulce, en un asesino posible. Kleines Helnwein no será luego una víctima.

"Sogar Marlenes Stimme klang einsam" Am Ende ihres Lebens schloss sich Marlene Dietrich von der Welt aus. Zu den sieben Freunden, die sie in ihrer Pariser Wohnung besuchen durften, gehörten der Maler Gottfried Helnwein und seine Frau Renate. Sie erzählen von ihrer Freundschaft zu der Diva, die am 27. Dezember 100 Jahre alt geworden wäre.

Artists in their pusuit to understand themselves and the world around them have been forced to face the pain of suffering. Helnwein, in his important "American Madonna" (Epiphany IV) painting, depicts with provocation the conflict between men of power and the weak. In this present day setting, the police are confronting a divine being.

A spokesman for the festival said they were "disappointed and saddened" that the images had been attacked. He said Mr Helnwein's work had provoked a strong reaction throughout the festival. "There have been a lot of positive comments but there has been negative reaction as well." The images have been a major talking point since before the festival began. A former mayor of the city, Mr Paul Cuddihy, initially objected to a painting being hung on the City Hall for fear it might be misinterpreted as lending support to Nazism. After meeting Mr Helnwein at his studio in Co Tipperary, however, Mr Cuddihy said the artist's work was "astonishingly good". Kilkenny Arts Festival said the artist had a long and acknowledged record of taking a firm stand against Nazism and fascism.

A controversial mural by Austrian artist, Gottfried Helnwein has been damaged at the Kilkenny Arts Festival. Huge canvases of his work, depicting images of Nazi soldiers staring adoringly at modern Madonna and Child figures, were displayed on various buildings in Kilkenny during the festival. One of the murals hanging at the front of Kilkenny castle had paint thrown at it sometime during the night. Another picture by Mr Helnwein, featuring a young Kilkenny girl, was also partially damaged in another part of the town.

one-man show at the Butler House and large Installations in the medival city center of Kilkenny

Workmen finish one of a series of prints measuring 9.3 metres by 6.2 metres by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein.The prints of Kilkenny children will hang on buildings in Kilkenny as parts of its arts festival beginning on August 10th.

The disturbing Work of Helnwein comes to Ireland Helnwein is a headline artist who works in tight sound bites on a very large scale. The works brand themselves with proof of his technical know-how in various media and are endorsed by the coolest celebrities of his generation. So much for the cover-story, so what lies within? Headlines lure you into stories that make you want to cry, smile or help to change the world. But when they stop at your own skin, you can get a sinking feeling, a sense of the bigness and badness outside and the impossibility of change.

Exhibition - catalogue One man show, Butler House, Kilkenny Installation in the Kilkenny city center Introduction by Claire O'Donoghue Essay by Mic Moroney Ninety children from around the city and country were photographed by the artist here in the High Street and nine are displayed in central locations around the city, dramatically enlarged up to 9 metres high. This ongoing project, begun here, will continue in other cities and towns in Ireland as the artist intends to expand the work to include one thousand Irish children. These beautiful,confident and happy children from Kilkenny contrast starkly with some of his more disturbing imagery. The juxtaposition of historical photographs of the Nazi regime with religious imagery of the Madonna and Child in the "Epiphany" series can make uneasy viewing not only in Germany and Austria but also here in Kilkenny. Amongst a number of possible readings of these works is the uncomfortable relationship between the church and oppression in its various forms. However, as the artist Nolde said, "harmless pictures seldom mean anything". Nolde was banned from painting by the Nazi regime.

Una sociedad intolerante formada por padres que abusan de sus hijos y líderes políticos que ejercen de dictadores es lo que podremos ver en Kleines Helnwein, el espectáculo que el argentino Rodrigo M. Malmsten presenta en el Grec. Inspirada en la estética del pintor austriaco Gottfried Helnwein, autor de obras que denuncian una sociedad oscura e hipócrita, para Kleines Helnwein Malmsten ha escrito un texto fragmentario, no realista, en el que el espectador advierte que el personaje que es una víctima se convierte en verdugo.

Lang anhaltender Applaus, Bravorufe, nicht ein einziges Buh ertönte. Die Premiere von Strawinskys"The Rake's Progress" in der Inszenierung von Jürgen Flimm an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper fand eine tolle Resonanz beim Publikum . Musikalischer Leiter war Ingo Metzmacher und der international bekannte Künstler Gottfried Helnwein begeisterte mit seiner Ausstattung.

Die Regie Jürgen Flimms fügt sich triftig in den Dialog zwischen kammermusikalischem Orchesterklang und Bühnenbild , weil Helnwein die Erzählung leitet. Fern vom schweren Musikdrama,nimmt die Inszinierung die Stilexkursionen Strawinskys und Audens auf, wenn im Bordell Rokoko-Damen auf Glatzköpfe in gepolstertem Blouson-Look treffen und die Chefin Mutter Goose ostinat auf dem Teufel reitet. In Helnweins Bildergeschichte macht sie ihrem Namen Ehre mit einem Donald Duck auf dem Kopf.

Flimm gewann für Bühne und Kostüme Gottfried Helnwein, der angeblich notorisch Drastik und Provokation sucht, zunächst aber ein ingeniöser Bildmacher ist, -ein Maler, Grafiker und Fotograf. Das verbindet ihn mit William Hogarth, dem englischen Kupferstecher, dessen Bilderzyklen Strawinsky zur Oper inspirierten. Doch 250 Jahre später setzt Helnwein nicht bei Hogarth und seiner realistisch genauen Darstellung der Londoner Casinos, Lusthöllen und Irrenhäuser an. Helnwein arrangiert eine magische Zeitlosigkeit durch präzise Rekostruktion konkreter Stile und zugleich fantasiegeborener Kreationen. Selten erlebte man die plastische Wirkungskraft von Kostümen so intensiv wie in Helnweins schiefem, nach rechts sich neigendem Kubusraum, in den zur Linken drei Türen eingelassen sind und dessen hellweisse Flächen immer wieder Bildprojektionen dienen, Kostüme und Bilder sind von ausgesuchtem Antipsychologismus, von entwaffnend stereotyper Symbolik, so wie Audens und Kallmans Text, wie Strawinskys Musik. (Stuttgarter Zeitung, 16. Juni 2001)

Fall of the Angels. It's a slow fall. Its actually a fall in extreme slow motion. Its so slow that the motion seems frozen, like a glacier that's constantly flowing and moving, though not perceptible to our eyes, because for us, who live short and fast, glaciers appear to be static and eternal. That former angel seems to be suspended between hell and heaven, It has not hit the bottom yet - and it probably never will - but it's getting closer ....constantly. Gottfried Helnwein