an exhibition curated by John Yau
catalogue published by Smart Art Press
to coincide with the premiere exhibition at Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
February 3 - April 1, 1995
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Bergamot Station Arts Center
Santa Monica, California
February 3 - April 1, 1995
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Thread Waxing Space
New York, New York
May 2 - June 10, 1995
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Centre Gallery
Miami-Dade Community College/Wolfson Campus
Miami Florida
September 7 - October 17, 1995 ...

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Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Science, Peoria, Illinois
Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland
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...the portraits of Hendrix, Joplin, and Lennon are particulary stirring because their ghostlike treatment translates as a poetic and humble tribute to major creative forces whose lives were tragically cut short. As exemplified by the paintings of Helnwein, the purpose of a contemporary rock and roll portrait may extend well beyond biographical signification to stimulating reflection upon larger issues of social or political consequence. ...

catalogue
Cover and page 2 and 3 : Helnwein, detail from: "Selection, Ninth November Night"
Masterpieces of the Ludwig Collection from antiquity to present day. ...

In einer Gemeinschaftsveranstaltung der Volkshochschule und des Vereins "Freunde der Volkshochschule Koblenz e. V." findet im überfüllten Haus Metternich eine Veranstaltung "Helnwein im Gespräch" statt. Der in Burgbrohl ansässige Maler und Fotograf erläutert wichtige Problemstellungen seines künstlerischen Schaffens und beantwortet Fragen des Publikums.

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catalogue
kunst in europa - 16 Künstler in Deutschland / Ausstellungskatalog 1994/95
Armando, Cornec, Costa Pinheiro, Elgin, Geismar, Grützke, Helnwein, Kirkeby, Legrand, Mira, Moronti, Newman, Palavrakis, Salolainen, Smith, Wolff. (32 farbige Abbildungen)
Text von Tayfun Belgin
(ISBN 3-923806-62-0)

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"The Decade of Painting"
group show

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The Gazette, Montreal
Ann Dunkan
CENT JOURS BEGINS NINTH SEASON
To inaugurate the new exhibition space, which has to be one of the most dramatic in the city, Gosselin chose a powerful show of black-and-white photos by the Viennese-born German artist Gottfried Helnwein. Helnwein's work is everything that Annie Leibovitz's, shown last spring at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, is not. While both shoot celebrities - Helnwein's subjects include Keith Richards, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, William S.Burroughs, and an extremly wasted Andy Warhol - Helnwein's work is concentrated on the Psychological rather than on the gimmicky and the theatrical. ...