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	• Helnwein - Kindskopf - Head of a Child Gottfried Helnwein, William S. Burroughs, ... Museum of Lower Austria, 1991 - 58 pages view larger image
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The auratic face of a child, six metres high, four metres wide, hanging in the triumphal arch of a medieval church, surrounded by dozens of canvases in the standard size of 200 by 140 cm that are mounted on the church's pillars and walls show heads and fantasy creatures which only on closer inspection may be easily recognized as children's drawings - once more Helnwein upsets traditional structures of perception in a number of ways, including the expectations that visitors have of a Helnwein exhibition. This is signalled already by the title "KINDSKOPF", which in addition to being a reference to the theme depicted (the head of a child) refers to the ironically serious self-representation of the artist (in German "Kindskopf" is a somewhat condescending colloquialism for an adult acting in childish ways).-"KINDSKOPF", HELNWEIN'S PLEA FOR A DIFFERENT CHILDHOOD Peter Zawrel, Chief Curator, Museum of Lower Austria, 1991

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