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, Sleep 8
Gottfried Helnwein, Sleep 8, 2004, 152 cm x 111 cm, mixed media (oil and acrylic on canvas)

 

 

 

Works

WORKS

EPIPHANY

THE DISASTERS OF WAR

THE MURMUR OF THE INNOCENTS (THE DISASTERS OF WAR II)

MODERN SLEEP

SLEEP

HEAD OF A CHILD (KINDSKOPF)

NINTH NOVEMBER NIGHT

THE LAST CHILD

BEAUTIFUL VICTIM

SOUL

LOS CAPRICHOS

THE CHILD DREAMS

DAS PARADIES UND DIE PERI

AKTION SORGENKIND

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