other irish helnwein landscapes

books:

Helnwein - Irish and Other Landscapes
Gottfried Helnwein, Mic Moroney, ...

Crawford Municipal Art Museum, 2004

Helnwein- Irish and Other Landscapes
Gottfried Helnwein, Mic Moroney, ...

Crawford Municipal Art Museum, 2004

"Helnwein's meticulous Irish landscapes, which are the cornerstone of this Crawford show, are unashamedly aesthetic: gorgeous confections of pure, delicious spectacle. The typically epic but not inhuman scale imitates the subject matter. The tonal realism will make people go "Wow, are they paintings?" - thanks to the photorealist finish which seems free of the foibles of the human hand. Helnwein works with very small brushes - highlighting and ...