10 août 2001
Kilkenny, Ireland
Epiphany I, Adoration of the Magi
digital print, 2001, 756 x 1200 cm / 297 x 472''
Epiphany III, Presentation at the Temple
digital print, 2001, 800 x 600 cm / 314 x 236''
Late Regret
digital print, 2001, 400 x 700 cm / 157 x 275''
Mary-Sheila Walsh, Aoife Connelly and Eimear Connelly
2001
Head of a Child
Installation, 2001
The Kilkenny Arts Festival 2001
Curator: Claire O'Donoghue
GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN
THE KILKENNY ARTS FESTIVAL CATALOGUE
The Irish Times (frontpage) | 07.Aug.2001
Workmen finish one of a series of prints measuring 9.3 metres by 6.2 metres by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein.The prints of Kilkenny children will hang on buildings in Kilkenny as parts of its arts festival beginning on August 10th.
The Irish Times (frontpage) | 07.Aug.2001
Aiden Dunne
The Irish Times | 01.Aug.2001
While it is a painting, Epiphany is typical in its almost interchangeable use of photography and painting: both played their part in the achievement of the eventual, quasi-photographic image. He is a fine photographer, and his photographic portraits of Kilkenny children (enlarged to an enormous scale) form one strand of his festival exhibitions. The careful adaptation of existing imagery is another trait, and his references extend back through fine art history as well as history itself...
The Irish Times | 01.Aug.2001
Irish Indipendent (news) | 01.Aug.2001
RECORD numbers are expected to visit Kilkenny's art festival over the next week.
Organisers say attendance at shows and exhibitions on the first weekend indicates that up to 80,000 people will have visited by the time the 10-day event finishes next Sunday.
Irish Indipendent (news) | 01.Aug.2001
Patricia Deevy
Irish Independent | 01.Aug.2001
Once an agitated spectator wondered how an apparently nice man could produce such disturbing imagery. Helnwein replied: "What bothers you is the pictures that get triggered in your own head." Perusing a catalogue of his work in preparation for a meeting is a journey through disgust, fear, fascination and admiration to finally - almost - attachment.
Irish Independent | 01.Aug.2001
Sean Keane
Kilkenny People | 27.Jul.2001
A major controversy has erupted over plans to hang huge paintings outside City Hall during the Kilkenny Arts Festival. Examples of the paintings to be displayed were shown to members of Kilkenny Corporation on Monday night and it sparked uproar in the chamber.
Kilkenny People | 27.Jul.2001
DISPUTE OVER NAZI IMAGES IS RESOLVED
26.Jul.2001
Chris Dooley
The Irish Times
The Irish Times | 26.Jul.2001
Ireland on Sunday | 26.Aug.2001
A controversial "Nazi" image by artist Gottfried Helnwein was daubed with red paint last week as Kilkenny Arts Festival entered its final days. Another Helnwein print, of a local girl, was set on fire and extensively damaged.
Ireland on Sunday | 26.Aug.2001