“I am not aiming to provoke. For me, art is a possibility to
defend myself, to retaliate.” Gottfried Helnwein’s (b. 1948)
paintings of children are both touching and disturbing. The
hyperrealistic character of his images serves to intensify this
effect still further. The vulnerable and defenseless child serves
as the central motif in the artist’s examination of the themes of
pain, injury and violence. The catalogue provides an overview of
his creative work during the past twenty years. The child in
Helnwein’s works embodies and serves as proxy for psycho logical
and societal fears. The artist also uses his images to denounce
Nazism or to address the Holocaust as well as the taboo subject of
abuse. Helnwein is considered a provocateur to this day. He still
succeeds in shaking up people with his works, which are produced
from photographic references and which captivate us through their
technical perfection.
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