Gottfried Helnwein, The Child, Robert Flynn Johnson, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Helnwein's subject matter is the human condition. The metaphor for his art is dominated by the image of the child, but not the carefree innocent child of popular imagination. Helnwein instead creates the profoundly disturbing yet compellingly provocative image of the wounded child. The child scarred physically and the child scarred emotionally from within.
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Gottfried Helnwein, Modern Sleep I
Gottfried Helnwein, Modern Sleep I, photograph, 2003

 

 

 

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TEXTS
Texts and essays that refer to the child-aspect in Helnwein’s work.

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN: THE CHILD
by Harry S.Parker III, Director of Museums
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

THE CHILD
Works by Gottfried Helnwein
by Robert Flynn Johnson
Curator in Charge, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Palace of the Legion of Honor

CHILDHOOD ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. IN THE ARTS, IT'S DARK AND COMPLEX
by Steven Winn
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle Arts and Culture Critic
November 17, 2004

DARK AND DETACHED, THE ART OF GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN DEMANDS A RESPONSE
by Kenneth Baker, Art Critic
San Francisco Chronicle

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN'S - THE CHILD INNOCENCE LOST
by Nirmala Nataraj
sf-station, San Francisco

INNOCENCE LOST
by Anita Amirrezvani
The Mercury News

THE DARKER SIDE OF PLAYLAND, CHILDHOOD IMAGERY FROM THE LOGAN COLLECTION
by Heather Whitmore Jain
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Curatorial Associate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

"THE DARKER SIDE OF PLAYLAND: CHILDHOOD IMAGERY FROM THE LOGAN COLLECTION" AT SFMOMA
by Alicia Miller
Artweek

THE HELNWEIN PASSION
by Alexander Borovsky
Curator for Contemporary Art at the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Helnwein Monograph
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

THE LUDWIG MUSEUM IN THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM
The Ludwig Donation
by Evgenija Petrova
Chief curator, State Russian Museum St Petersburg
The State Russian Museum St. Petersburg
Palace Edition

EIN MÄDCHENKOPF FÜR SANKT PETERSBURG
by Lothar Deeg
Kölner Stadt Anzeiger

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN - BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN
by Peter Pachnike und Gisela Vetter-Liebenow
Ludwig Museum Schloss Oberhausen und Wilhelm Busch Museum Hannover
March, 01, 2005

CONUNDRUMS
by Jo-Ann Lewis
The Washington Post

HELNWEIN, ONE MAN SHOW, ROBERT SANDELSON GALLERY, LONDON
by Julia Weiner
Jewish Chronicle, London

HELNWEIN
by Joanna Hayman-Bolt
ART newsroom.com

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN
by Claire O'Donoghue
Curator
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2001, Ireland

THE MURMUR OF THE INNOCENTS
by Mic Moroney
Helnwein catalogue for the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2001

THIS YEAR'S KILKENNY ARTS FESTIVAL HELPED TAKE CHALLENGING WORK OUT OF THE GALLERY AND ONTO THE STREETS
by Aiden Dunne
The Irish Times

AGAINST HARMLESSNESS IN ART
by Peter Zawrel
Director of the Museum of Lower Austria
Catalogue, Installation Apokalypse, Dominican Church, Krems

DAS VERSPRECHEN DER FOTOGRAFIE
by Klaus Honnef
Curator for Photography and New Media, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
Prestel, München, New York

"KINDSKOPF", HELNWEIN'S PLEA FOR A DIFFERENT CHILDHOOD
by Peter Zawrel
Chief curator, Museum of lower Austria
exhibition catalogue
Museum of lower Austria

AUF DEM COVER IST ZUM ERSTEN MAL NICHT MARIUS SELBST, SONDERN DAS PORTRÄT EINES KINDES ZU SEHEN.
by Susanne Breuel und Holger Ponik
Interview mit Marius Müller Westernhagen
NDR2

KINDER AUS PAPIER
4. Internationalen Biennale der Papierkunst im Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren
Der Spiegel
Spectrum

FÜR KINDER
by Katja Behrens
Charity

ENDZEITSTIMMUNG - DÜSTERE BILDER IN GOLDENER ZEIT
by Gregory Fuller
DuMont, Buchverlag, Köln


GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN - L'HORRIBLE ET LE SUBLIME

by Andreas Mäckler
Benedikt Taschen Verlag

THOUGHTS
by Simon Wiesenthal
Museum Ludwig Cologne
Gottfried Helnwein, Installation Ninth November Night, Catalogue

ÄFFLINGE UND TSCHANDALEN
by Roland Mischke
Frankfurter Allgemeine

NINTH NOVEMBER NIGHT
by Reinhold Mißelbeck
Curator for Photography and new media, Museum Ludwig cologne
Gottfried Helnwein, Ninth November Night, Catalogue

CITY TO CONSIDER "OVERWHELMING" ART
by Imee Gacad
Staff Writer
The Beverly Hills Courier

DAS KIND IM FOCUS
by Johannes Rother
Mittelrhein-Museum, Koblenz
Zur Ausstellung, Teil I


INTOLERANZ UND GEWALT
by Johannes Rother
Mittelrhein-Museum, Koblenz
Zur Ausstellung, Teil II

L'INFANZIA A PEZZI
Shattered childhood, Gottfried Helnwein
by Massimiliano Geraci
Italy

FOTOGRAFIE DES 20. JAHRHUNDERTS
by Reinhold Mißelbeck
Kurator für Fotografie und Neue Medien, Museum Ludwig, Köln
Museum Ludwig, Köln, TASCHEN

EIN AUFSCHREI GEGEN DIE SCHMERZEN DER WELT
Die Kunst von Gottfried Helnwein - Erfolg und Kritik
by Erika Brenken
Deutsches Allgemeines Sonntagsblatt

MAGIE DES ZÖLLNERS
by Frido Hütter
Kleine Zeitung Graz

BILDER EINER SCHRECKLICHEN GEWISSHEIT
by Marga Swoboda
Kronenzeitung
Wien

THE SAN FRANCISCO BEAT
by Penelope Rowlands
ART NEWS

HAMLET, HEINER, HOF, HELNWEIN
by Malve Gradinger
Münchener Merkur,
Kultur

WUNDERKINDER?
Künstler - und ihre Kinderzeichnungen
1.Wiener Kindergalerie
Gottfried Helnwein
1.Wiener Kindergalerie

DER SCHOCK DER AUS DEM ALLTAG REISST
Galerie Spectrum: Helnwein-Aktion und neue Bilder
by Erwin Melchart
Kronenzeitung
Kultur

OGOTTOGOTT
by Gerd Winkler
Pardon

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN'S BLOODY KIDS
by No New Enemies Network

FALK ZWINGT KUNST RAUS
Helnwein-Ausstellung abgebrochen
Profil
Wien

THE RAT LAUGHS
by Nava Semel
www.ybook.co.il
Israel

CHILDREN, WHO HAVE BEEN A POPULAR SUBJECT DURING THE 20TH CENTURY - FROM CHAGALL TO HELNWEIN...
by L. Nevolainen
art critic
Luke & A Gallery of Russian Modern Art, London

HOLOCAUST, THROUGH A CHILD'S EYES
by Harriet Cunningham
The Sydney Morning Herald
SYDNEY FESTIVAL

THE STRANGE CASE OF MADEMOISELLE P.
by Brian O' Doherty
arcadia

MEAN CHILD
by Wolfgang Pirsig
Ulm University Hospital

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