Untitled (after Andrea Mantegna)
Untitled © Gottfried Helnwein (1993)
Best Interpretation: “…It seems to me that the faith of the Subject for her broken and imperfect child/link to God, is what makes this piece so strong (just like the affection a child would have for its one-eyed teddy bear). The choice of rendering in a fifteenth century religious painter style, elevates the fragile quality of life that haunts us in the hint of death. The visceral transience of our fleshy shells is held against the perfection of religious ideals to be interpreted by the atheist and believers alike.” -Duncan Reid
Issue Jun 2007
Contemporary Surrealism
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The full title is “Untitled (after Andrea Mantegna)” and it is rendered in colored pencil. The reason I know so little about Gottfried Helnwein is because there is so much to know about him. A visit to his website is worth the trip for any art lover. It is difficult to tell his paintings apart from his photographs. This painting is from the mind of a painter who is far more studied than most people. It seems to me that the faith of the Subject for her broken and imperfect child/link to God, is what makes this piece so strong (just like the affection a child would have for its one-eyed teddy bear). The choice of rendering in a fifteenth century religious painter style, elevates the fragile quality of life that haunts us in the hint of death. The visceral transience of our fleshy shells is held against the perfection of religious ideals to be interpreted by the atheist and believers alike.