http://interpretation.scene360.com/surrealism/19/ From Renaissance to Pop Art. See, feel, and interpret! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:36:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://interpretation.scene360.com/surrealism/19/#comment-4520 Duncan Reid Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:19:42 +0000 http://interpretation.scene360.com/surrealism/19/#comment-4520 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 <a rel="nofollow" title="helnwein" target="_blank" href="http://www.helnwein.com/" rel="nofollow">website</a> 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. 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.

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