Helnwein ( kuenstler )
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1986 He works on a series of large-format self-portrait metamorphoses, which have their origin in the self-portrait as screaming man blinded by forks.
Start of a series of photographic self-dramatisations using the themes of dying hero, SS man, martyr, sufferer, friend of children, and mummified corpse.
"Gott der Untermenschen" (God of Sub-Humans),
"Das stille Leuchten der Avantgarde" (The Silent Glow of the Avant-Garde),
"Bete Herr, denn wir sind nah!" (Pray, Lord, for We Are Near!),
"Eine Träne auf Reisen" (A Tear on a Journey),
"Der Tod des Expertentums" (The Death of Expertise),
"Partisanenliebe" (Partisan Love),
"Blitzkrieg der Liebe" (Blitzkrieg of Love),
"Geheime Elite" [Secret Elite],
"Gefäss der Leidenschaft" (Vessel of Passion).

Gottfried Helnwein : A Tear on a Journey
A Tear on a Journey 1986
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1986



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