Gottfried Helnwein: Andy Warhol, Limited Edition Print Lithography, 108 of 190, signed, numbered and dated
Gottfried Helnwein Self Portrait Color Offset Lithograph, signed by the artist
Gottfried Helnwein Andy Warhol Color Offset Lithograph, signed by the artist
Gottfried Helnwein (born 8 October 1948) is an Austrian-Irish visual artist. He has worked as a painter, draftsman, photographer, muralist, sculptor, installation and performance artist, using a wide variety of techniques and media. Helnwein studied at the University of Visual Art in Vienna. His early work consists mainly of hyper-realistic watercolors, depicting wounded and mistreated children, as well as performances – often with children – in public spaces. Helnwein is concerned primarily with psychological and sociological anxiety, historical issues and political topics. As a result of this, his work is often considered provocative and controversial.
Cerbera Gallery is proud to offer Gottfried Helnwein limited edition color lithographs and color offset lithos and more. Mostly signed, numbered and dated by the artist.
Quotes:
William Burroughs said of Helnwein:
“It is the function of the artist to evoke the experience of surprised recognition: to show the viewer what he knows but does not know that he knows. Helnwein is a master of surprised recognition.”
“Helnwein is one of the few exciting painters we have today.”
Norman Mailer
“Well, the world is a haunted house, and Helnwein at times is our tour guide through it. In his work he is willing to take on the sadness, the irony, the ugliness and the beauty. But not all of Gottfried’s work is on a canvas. A lot of it is the way he’s approached life. And it doesn’t take someone knowing him to know that. You take one look at the paintings and you say “this guy has been around.” You can’t sit in a closet – and create this. This level of work is earned.”
Sean Penn
“Gottfried Helnwein is my mentor. His fight for expression and stance against oppression are reasons why I chose him as an artistic partner. An artist that doesn’t provoke will be invisible. Art that doesn’t cause strong emotions has no meaning. Helnwein has that internalized.”
Marilyn Manson
“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.”
Robert Flynn Johnson, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco