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August 05, 2001
THE
SUNDAY TIMES, CULTURE
(cover
story)
SHOCK
ART
Medb Ruane
The
disturbing Work of Helnwein comes to Ireland
Helnwein is a headline artist who works in tight sound bites on a very large scale.
The works brand themselves with proof of his technical know -how in various media and are endorsed by the coolest celebrities of his generation.
So much for the cover-story, so what lies within? Headlines lure you into stories that make you want to cry, smile or help to change the world.
But when they stop at your own skin, you can get a sinking feeling, a sense of the bigness and badness outside and the impossibility of change.
Gottfried
Helnwein,
Installation at Kilkenny Castle and in the City Centre of Kilkenny. One-Man
Show at the Butler House, Kilkenny 10th
- 19th August 2001
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