[Image on top: G. Helnwein, The Disaster of War 75, 2020. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 165x206cm. Ph. Author C. Helnwein]
Gottfried Helnwein’s works deal with the often silent suffering of children. The abused, wounded, sent to war protagonists of his hyperrealistic pictures express the tragedy of the violence on children and their need for help and protection. Helnwein portrays them in implicitly brutal images, covered with blood, wearing a uniform or holding a weapon, counterposing infantile innocence to the abuses of war.
From July 3 to August 15, 2021, the Monumental Halls of the Biblioteca Marciana in St. Mark Square will host The silent glow (Quel silenzioso bagliore), a selection of paintings by the Austrian photographer and painter, one of the most successful German speaking artists worldwide, as well as one of the most controversial.
Gottfried Helnwein, “The disaster of war 47”, 2015. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 150x122cm. Ph. author: C. Helnwein
Eleven artworks, among which there are some large paintings, are displayed in the Sala Sansoviniana, next to works on loan from the Albertina Museum in Vienna. This historic space creates a communication between Helnwein’s paintings and the works of the great masters Tiziano, Veronese, and Tintoretto that decorate the ceiling of the library.
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Helnwein exhibitions always attract a great number of visitors, and his works are displayed in several collections: Modern Art Museum in Los Angeles, Albertina Museum in Vienna, Ludwig Museum in Colonia, Russian National Museum in St Petersburg, and many others. Among the collectors of his artwork are Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ben Kingsley, and Marius Müller-Westernhagen.
La Sala Sansoviniana della Biblioteca Marciana
Opening hours: 11 am – 5 pm (last entrance at 4 pm)
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QUEL SILENZIOSO BAGLIORE (THE SILENT GLOW)
Sale Monumentali della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
Entrance of the exhibition from Museo Correr
Piazza San Marco n° 52 – Ala Napoleonica
www.marciana.venezia.sbn.it
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